jumping mouse

noun

: any of several small hibernating North American rodents (family Zapodidae) with long hind legs and tail and no cheek pouches

Examples of jumping mouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jumping not only fortified cartilage but also enhanced bone health; the shin bones in the jumping mice saw a 15 percent boost in mineral density. — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025

Over the years, the small mammal populations have remained relatively stable, while more and more rare populations are making an appearance, such as the meadow jumping mouse, Rowland-Schaefer said. — Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022

Legal battles over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse and the southwestern willow flycatcher had also centered on uncertain taxonomic boundaries. — Zach St. George, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021

For the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, an endangered subspecies that weighs less than an ounce, that means using a radio collar that weighs about as much as three raindrops. — Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2019

Current Forest Service guidelines don’t allow tree thinning within 100 meters of a stream in the jumping mouse’s habitat. — Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2019

But for every polar bear or sea otter, there are hundreds more (like the Fairy Shrimp, the New Mexico jumping mouse, or the Purple Cat's Paw freshwater mussel). — CBS News, 21 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jumping mouse

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