DrunkMonkey 0 #1 April 15, 2005 http://www.conbio.org/SCB/Services/Tips/images/v17n6preble_lg.jpg The Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) (Preble's or PMJM) is a small rodent approximately 9-inches in length with large hind feet adapted for jumping, a long bicolored tail (which accounts for 60% of its length), and a distinct dark stripe down the middle of its back and is bordered on either side by gray to orange-brown fur. Preble's bear two to three litters a year, averaging five young per litter, in a grass-lined nest. In late summer, the mice gorge themselves on a diet of seeds, fruits, and insects to prepare for hibernation; they sleep in an underground burrow from September to May. This shy, largely nocturnal mouse lives primarily in heavily vegetated, shrub-dominated riparian (streamside) habitats and immediately adjacent upland habitats along the foothills of southeastern Wyoming south to Colorado Springs along the eastern edge of the Front Range of Colorado. The PMJM range includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Elbert, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties in Colorado; and Albany, Laramie, Platte, Goshen, and Converse counties in Wyoming. This area has undergone rapid residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial development that has impacted the PMJM habitat. This habitat loss and fragmentation led to Federal listing of the mouse as threatened on May 13, 1998. --------------- Discuss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #2 April 15, 2005 may be fun to race then against eachother Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
