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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