Preble's meadow jumping mouse
- Preble's meadow jumping mouse
Taxobox
name = Preble's meadow jumping mouse
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Dipodidae
subfamilia = Zapodinae
genus = "Zapus"
species = "Zapus hudsonius"
subspecies = "Z. h. preblei"
trinomial = "Zapus hudsonius preblei"
Preble's meadow jumping mouse ("Zapus hudsonius preblei") is a subspecies of jumping mouse, native to upland habitats in North America. It is listed as Threatened under the United States Endangered Species Act; there is a major debate about whether it is a valid taxon.
Description
The mouse is around nine inches long, and can jump in bounds of four feet when threatened. It usually travels slowly. It swims and climbs grass stems. It has long hind legs and a long, slender, scaly tail that it uses to communicate by making drumming noises. It also communicates using clucks and chirps.
The mice are born without hair (naked) and live nearly two years. They hibernate from mid-September to early may, building themselves a soft vegetation nest. The breeding season is from May to October.
Meadow jumping mice like to eat mostly plants, insects, spiders, slugs.
ee also
*Meadow jumping mouse
*Jerboa
*Allactaga
External links
* [http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/preble/ Federal Source]
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