Meaning of jumping mouse | Babel Free

Definitions

Any species of the taxonomic family Zapodidae of rodents, variously endemic to North America or China.

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Examples

“The jumping mouse is little larger than a house mouse and has a very long, scaly, untufted tail, one-third longer than the head and body.[…]In fact, various observers have found that jumping mice with injured or amputated tails tumble over and are as helpless as a ship without a rudder.”

“In some respects a jumping mouse resembles kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice in habits and appearance. A jumping mouse may readily be distinguished from these animals, however, by its lack of fur-lined cheek pouches and by its preference for, or nearness to, moist habitats instead of arid places.”

“That was when we realized that we have two species of jumping mice on the mountain.”

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