Meadow jumping mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the meadow jumping mouse lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Zapus hudsonius
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	0.8 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Zapodidae

Where does the meadow jumping mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the meadow jumping mouse in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a meadow jumping mouse?

Wikidata records the following for the meadow jumping mouse: mass 0.8 g (birth weight).

Is the meadow jumping mouse endangered?

The meadow jumping mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the meadow jumping mouse?

The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Zapodidae, genus Zapus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the meadow jumping mouse

The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the north, and Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico to the south. In mid-2014, the New Mexico subspecies of the meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius luteus, was listed as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Meadow jumping mouse (revision 1375472999), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1761993 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).