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The woodland jumping mouse occurs throughout northeastern North America. [6]Populations are most dense in cool, moist boreal woodlands of spruce-fir and hemlock-hardwoods where streams flow from woods to meadows with bankside touch-me-nots and in situations where meadow and forest intermix and water and thick ground cover are available.
Zapodidae, the jumping mice, is a family of mouse-like rodents in North America and China. Although mouse-like in general appearance, these rodents are distinguished by their elongated hind limbs, and, typically, by the presence of four pairs of cheek-teeth in each jaw.
Eastern woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis [n 4] LC and: [n 3] Western woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus abietorum [9] Northern meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius [n 4] LC (Preble's meadow jumping mouse, Z. h. preblei: T) and: [n 3] Southern meadow jumping mouse, Zapus luteus [9] South-western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps [n 4 ...
The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90 mm (3.54 in) in length and 23 g in weight. [2]
Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) — rather common in Connecticut in areas with thick vegetation, including meadows but also old fields, forest edges, often near water [3] Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) — rather common in Connecticut in moist, forested areas or spots with thick shrubs, usually along streams [3]
Family: Dipodidae (jumping mice) Meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius; Western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps; Muskrat Deer mouse. Family: Cricetidae (New World mice and rats, voles, lemmings, muskrats [10]) Sagebrush vole, Lemmiscus curtatus; Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus; Montane vole, Microtus montanus; Prairie vole, Microtus ...
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The rodents of Maine include the North American deermouse, White-footed mouse, meadow jumping mouse, woodland jumping mouse, meadow vole, southern red-backed vole, rock vole, woodland vole, southern bog lemming, northern bog lemming, northern flying squirrel, southern flying squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, American red squirrel and the American beaver.