JUMPING MOUSE 



Zapus hudsonius. 



Although in many particulars closely resembling the common 

 and other mice, this tiny rodent is classed in a family all his own, 

 which, in turn, is divided into ten distinct species. These differ 

 but slightly in coloring or habits and chiefly in range, so the meadow 

 jumping mouse may be chosen as a representative type. The limits 

 of his range are from Hudson Bay to North Carolina, but his kin- 

 dred are found throughout North America, from Alaska to Cali- 

 fornia in the West and from Labrador to Mexico in the East. As 

 the name implies, the fields are a favorite resort with him, but he 

 is almost as often found in the woods, swamps, or uplands, never 

 being very common anywhere, but usually most numerous during the 

 month of August. These mice, like most others, are prolific crea- 



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