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 ...

the Preble's meadow jumping mouse is named after Edward A. Preble, who first encountered the species in Colorado in 1899. This small mouse has large feet, adapted for powerful, long leaps — but even ...

That common name isn’t for nothing: New Mexico meadow jumping ... for their long winter hibernation. These acrobatic rodents love to swim, too, rarely venturing more than a few feet from running water ...