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title: "Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse"
description: "Zapus hudsonius — Mammals. The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-meadow-jumping-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse

> Zapus hudsonius — Mammals. The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae.

- Scientific name: *Zapus hudsonius*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 1677
- Wikidata: [Q1761993](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1761993)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43840](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43840)

## Names

- en: Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse
- de: Wiesenhüpfmaus
- es: Ratón Saltador de Pradera
- fr: Souris sauteuse des champs
- nl: Graslandhuppelmuis

## Countries with the most observations

US (720), CA (364)

## Summary

The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae.  Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the north, and Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico to the south. In mid-2014, the New Mexico subspecies of the meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius luteus, was listed as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_jumping_mouse

## Photo

![Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-meadow-jumping-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allan Harris · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18431993

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-meadow-jumping-mouse?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).