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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Mammalia
      Order: Rodentia
        Family: Dipodidae
          Genus: Zapus
            Species: hudsonius luteus

New Mexican Meadow Jumping Mouse - Zapus hudsonius luteus

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) is a small (19-22 cm total length) subspecies of jumping mouse that is found in moist, tall, dense herbaceous vegetation, including grasses, sedges, rushes, and willows, in riparian areas. They currently occur in isolated populations in the San Juan, Sangre de Cristo, Jemez, and Sacramento mountains in New Mexico and the White Mountains in Arizona; they are also found at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge along the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. Additional surveys are needed to determine their status along the Rio Chama and other sites along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. They are threatened by habitat modification, including from to drought and unregulated grazing.

Status

Global Rank: GNRT1

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Endangered [LE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 57

Number of Mapped Locations: 212

Number of Observations: 690

Observation date range: 01-01-1858 to 07-17-2019

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