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jumping mouse

DEFINITIONS OF: jumping mouse

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n any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America

Types:
Zapus hudsonius, meadow jumping mouse
widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
Type of:
gnawer, rodent
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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