🦋 Family

Dipodidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Dipodidae

The lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) is a small hopping rodent native to North African and Middle Eastern deserts.

Sicista betulina, the northern birch mouse, is a small striped rodent found across northern Eurasia in varied wooded and open habitats.

Zapus hudsonius, the meadow jumping mouse, is a small North American rodent with distinct jumping adaptations and seasonal hibernation.

Zapus trinotatus, the Pacific jumping mouse, is a North American rodent with distinct traits and hibernating habits.

Zapus princeps, the western jumping mouse, is a small rodent native to western North America that hibernates and produces one litter a year.

Napaeozapus insignis, the woodland jumping mouse, is a medium North American jumping rodent with extended parental care.

Related Families

Sciuridae 144 species Cricetidae 53 species Muridae 30 species Heteromyidae 16 species Geomyidae 12 species Caviidae 11 species Dasyproctidae 7 species Erethizontidae 6 species

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