Woodland jumping mouse
The woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to 3 m (9.8 ft) using its extremely strong feet and long tail.
| Woodland jumping mouse Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Zapodidae |
| Genus: | Napaeozapus Preble, 1899 |
| Species: | N. insignis |
| Binomial name | |
| Napaeozapus insignis (G. S. Miller, 1891) | |
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