Woodland jumping mouse Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Zapodidae |
Genus: | Napaeozapus Preble, 1899 |
Species: | N. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Napaeozapus insignis (G. S. Miller, 1891)
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The woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to 3 m (9.8 ft) using its extremely strong feet and long tail.[2]