Meadow Jumping Mouse; Woodland Jumping Mouse 
I have seen a family of them turned up by the plough in 
May and they exhibited not the slightest symptom of life on 
being handled and breathed upon; their bodies were soft and limp 
and warm and had every appearance of an animal in a perfectly 
dormant condition. 
Varieties of the Meadow Jumping Mouse 
Though the jumping mice bear a close resemblance to one 
another they exhibit slight variations in different parts of their 
range so that the following have been distinguished. 
1. Meadow Jumping Mouse. Zapus hudsonius (Zimmerman). 
Described above, ranges South to the mountains of New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina and in the West 
to Iowa. 
2. Labrador Jumping Mouse. Zapus hudsonius ladas Bangs. 
Larger and darker, with longer legs and tail. Replaces the 
preceding in Labrador. 
3. Carolinian Jumping Mouse. Zapus hudsonius americanus 
(Barton). Replaces the above in the lowlands from North 
Carolina to the Hudson and Connecticut Valleys. 
Woodland Jumping Mouse 
Zapus insignis Miller 
Length. 9.80 inches. 
Description. Larger than the meadow jump:ng 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 moun- 
tains to Maryland. 
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, 
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