Species: Zapus trinotatus
Pacific Jumping Mouse
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Dipodidae
Genus
Zapus
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
souris sauteuse du Pacifique
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Rodents
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae - Zapus - formerly were considered conspecific by some authors; they were regarded as separate species by Baker et al. (2003) and Holden and Musser (in Wilson and Reeder 2005).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds primarily on seeds (e.g., grasses, dock, and skunk cabbage). Also eats berries, insects, and some mosses and fungi. Rarely may consume bird eggs.
Reproduction Comments
Females are receptive in May or June, give birth usually in July or August. Gestation lasts about 18-23 days. Litter size is 3-8, usually 4-6. Young are independent in about 1 month, sexually mature in second calendar year (Maser et al. 1981, Gannon 1988).
Ecology Comments
Populations density may fluctuate greatly from year to year. Predators include owls, weasels, skunks, and badgers.
Length
25
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-15
Global Status Last Changed
1996-11-15
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Southwestern British Columbia south through western Washington, coastal and west-central Oregon, along the humid coastal strip mostly west of the crest of the Cascade-Sierra Nevada chain through California to Point Reyes and Elk Valley, Marin County, California (Gannon 1988).