Woodland jumping mouse

Woodland jumping mouse
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
A small, dark-eyed, light-colored animal with a wide dorsal stripe only slightly darker than its overall coloration sits amid forest debris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Zapodidae
Genus: Napaeozapus
Preble, 1899
Species:
N. insignis
Binomial name
Napaeozapus insignis
(G. S. Miller, 1891)

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]

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Napaeozapus insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42612A115194392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42612A22199621.en. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ Davis, Jackie (26 May 2020). "Wild Profile: Meet the woodland jumping mouse". CottageLife. Retrieved 9 February 2024.