MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE, Zapus hudsonius 







Range. — Most of the continent, south in the east 

 to South Carolina. 



Habitat. — In grassy or marshy areas or in open 

 woods, chiefly at low elevations. 



Rax;e in Alaska. — The meadow jumping mouse 

 is represented in Alaska by the race aiascensk 

 (type locality: Yakutat Bay), occurring south of 

 the Yukon River from the Alaska Peninsula to 

 Portage Cove, on Revillagigedo Island. 



RelMed species. — The western jumping mouse, 

 Zaqms princeps saltator, has been recorded in the 

 mountains at Taku River, 10 miles south of 

 Juneau. 



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