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jumping mouse

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jumping mouse
n.
Any of various small Eurasian and North American rodents of the family Zapodidae, having a very long tail and long hind legs.
jumping mouse
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any long-tailed small mouselike rodent of the family Zapodidae, of North America, E Asia, and N and E Europe, having long hind legs specialized for leaping
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Noun1.jumping mousejumping mouse - any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
family Zapodidae, Zapodidae - jumping mice
meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius - widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada


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Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, which inhabits river valleys along the eastern flank of the Rockies, as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, leaving many landowners unable to develop their land.
Spurious species: mice vs. landowners by Bailey, Ronald / Reason
Rocky Flats, valuable habitat for black-tailed prairie dogs, painted turtles, red-tailed hawks and the threatened Preble's Meadow jumping mouse, will be the second DOE site included.
Haste makes waste: are we paying for cut-rate, shoddy military ... by Eichenseher, Tasha / E
In his tragically short career as a picture book creator, John Steptoe received attention for his groundbreaking early books--such as Stevie and My Special Best Words--and, later on, for his lavishly detailed folktale retellings, The Story of Jumping Mouse and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.
John Steptoe's Baby Says by Horning, Kathleen T. / The Horn Book Magazine
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