Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Katung Fa

Notomys macrotis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Notomys	Alstonia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

The Big-eared Hopping Mouse (Notomys macrotis) is a species in the genus Notomys. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.