Jumping Mouse Facts: JUMP to ESCAPE 🐁 Animal Fact Files

The jumping mouse, or North American jumping mouse, uses its giant feet to back huge leaps as a means to escape predators. Learn more jumping mouse facts on Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Genus - Zapus
Range: North America
Habitat: meadows, marshes, and wet forests
Size: 8 inches (20 cm) on average including the tail, 20 grams in weight
Diet: seeds, insects, berries, fungi
Threats: owls and other birds of prey, foxes, skunks, weasels, large fish, snakes, etc.
Lifespan: 3 years (most don't live this long)

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Jumping Mouse JUMP 0:36
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Jumping Mouse HIBERNATION 2:13
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Image and Video Credits:
Agassiz Labs - https://vimeo.com/1049530076
webby -    • shorts jumping mouse🤣  
Mammal project -    • Zapus   Pacific Jumping Mouse  
jeremybeachbum -    • Meadow Jumping Mouse Beach Hopping lol  
christine123 - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/76...
Itamar Shifrin - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/51... ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/51...
Barry Cottam - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/42...
crgillette - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/39... ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/21...
Jake Forrester - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/39...
David Anderson - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/30...
Steven Lamonde - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/28...
Claire Moxon-Waltz - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/16... ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/16...
Marlo Perdicas - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/64... ; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/64...


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