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Definition of Jumping mouse
1. Noun. Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America.
Group relationships: Family Zapodidae, Zapodidae
Specialized synonyms: Meadow Jumping Mouse, Zapus Hudsonius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumping Mouse
Literary usage of Jumping mouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Varieties of the Meadow jumping mouse Though the jumping mice bear a close
resemblance to one another they exhibit slight variations in different parts of ..."
2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Varieties of the Meadow jumping mouse Though the jumping mice bear a close
resemblance to one another they exhibit slight variations in different parts of ..."
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