The meadow jumping mouse has hind legs much longer than the front legs and a tapered tail that is nearly twice as long as the combined length of the head and body. The coarse fur is yellowish brown ...

The large hind limbs, bright colors, and long, tapered, white-tipped tail identify the woodland jumping mouse. The 115-160 mm (4.5-6.3 in), sparsely-haired tail, grayish brown above, and white below ...

These acrobatic rodents love to swim, too, rarely venturing more than a few feet from running water. Unlike other meadow jumping mouse subspecies, they’re “riparian obligates,” living only in a ...

The area is critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. “These mice represent the health of the upper elevation meadows and streams. It’s immoral and illegal for the Forest ...