Common Name
Woodland Jumping Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Dipodidae
Species Name
Napaeozapus insignis
Status
Lower Risk
States
Connecticut
Georgia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Distribution
All of the New England states then east to northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. South of New England they occur in the Appalachian Mountains, into northern Georgia.
Notes
Crepuscular and nocturnal. This species hibernates from September or October through April or May.