{"id":505,"date":"2012-06-19T12:32:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=505"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:21:54","slug":"meadow-jumping-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/meadow-jumping-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadow Jumping Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Zapus hudsonius<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/smaspecies\/images\/800px-Zapus_hudsonius.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit: en.wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Basically mouselike form, but with large feet, long hind legs, and a very long tail<\/li>\n<li>Yellowish sides, white underparts and feet, darker dorsal band with many black-tipped hairs. Tail is brown above and white below with sparse hair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Z.-hudsonius.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Z.-hudsonius-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Credit: Smithsonian Institution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/z.hudsonis.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/z.hudsonis-150x150.gif\" alt=\"Credit: Smithsonian Institution\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Reproduction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergence from hibernation begins the mating season in spring<\/li>\n<li>After and 18 day gestation period, three to six young are born<\/li>\n<li>Two litters per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Behavior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Usually hide during the day and feed during the night, but not exclusively<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t use runways like other mice, but jump around freely<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t store food, but build up a fat layer to get them through hibernation, requiring two weeks of heavy eating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Food Habits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After hibernation, animal material, especially beetles and cutworms, and seeds<\/li>\n<li>Seeds, fungi, berries, fruits<\/li>\n<li>Will gain access to grass seed heads by cutting the stalk until the seeds can be reached (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Size\/Life Cycle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Average measurements: 202 mm (total length), 12-30 g (total weight) (Smithsonian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Predators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Barn owls, foxes, skunks, weasels, snakes (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Habitat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Grassy field or mixed grass\/forb fields, early successional-stage shrubland (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zapus hudsonius ID Basically mouselike form, but with large feet, long hind legs, and a very long tail Yellowish sides, white underparts and feet, darker dorsal band with many black-tipped hairs. Tail is brown above and white below with sparse hair Distribution \u00a0\u00a0 Reproduction Emergence from hibernation begins the mating season in spring After and 18 day gestation period, three to six young are born Two litters per year Behavior Usually hide during the day and feed during the night, but not exclusively Don&#8217;t use runways like other mice, but jump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/meadow-jumping-mouse\/\"> [Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1158],"tags":[55,1160,1167],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mammal-atlas","tag-meadow-jumping-mouse","tag-rodent","tag-zapus-hudsonius"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meadow Jumping Mouse | NorthWoods Stewardship Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/meadow-jumping-mouse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meadow Jumping Mouse | NorthWoods Stewardship Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zapus hudsonius ID Basically mouselike form, but with large feet, long hind legs, and a very long tail Yellowish sides, white underparts and feet, darker dorsal band with many black-tipped hairs. 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