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Woodland Jumping Mouse
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- Length
- 9.80 inches.
- Description
- Larger than the meadow jumping mouse, with less dusky on the upper parts, sides inclining to rich orange, brightest on the cheeks; underparts pure snow white; tail with a white tip. Curiously enough this little animal has only three back (molar) teeth on each side of the upper jaw, while the meadow jumping mouse has four.
- Range
- Canada to New England and South through the mountains to Maryland.
- Range
- Mountains of the Southern Alleghanies.
- Range
- Quebec and Ontario.
Similar to the meadow jumping mouse in most respects, but far richer in colour; this beautiful little animal makes its home in the deep cool woods along some mountain stream, under the shelter of the hemlocks and laurel bushes. It seems to shun the society of man to which the other species is not averse, and we have in the distribution of these two a fair parallel to that of the white rabbit and the cottontail.
Varieties of the Woodland Jumping Mouse
1. Woodland Jumping Mouse. Zapus insignis Miller. Description and range as above.
2. Roan Mountain Jumping Mouse. Z. insignis roanensis Preble. Smaller and darker.
3. Northern Jumping Mouse. L. insignis abietorum Preble. Larger than the woodland jumping mouse.