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Northern Pacific Jumping Mouse

Zapus trinotatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 113, February 99, March 112, April 149, May 187, June 143, July 117, August 112, September 115, October 104, November 91, December 104.
United States2,798
Washington1,446
Oregon1,107
Canada296
British Columbia292
California238
Alberta4
Nevada3
Wyoming1
Idaho1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyJumping Mice · Zapodidae
GenusZapus

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