Jumping mice in North Dakota

Update: 2025-09-13

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“What was that?!” That was my first thought many years ago when, walking through some low prairie, something that I could only describe as a mouse-sized kangaroo took three big leaps out of the grass in front of me. I was to learn later that it was a jumping mouse!

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Jumping mice in North Dakota

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Jumping mice in North Dakota

Chuck Lura

Jumping mice in North Dakota