PDA

View Full Version : Which is it?



cjd3
08-18-2009, 07:06 PM
Now I have been an outdoors man all my life but I'm not sure which this is.
Its tail is over twice as long as its body. The color is more like a deer (deer mouse?) than a house or field mouse.Not really looking like a squirrel but... Its nose is blunt, not really pointed like a mouse... It also has Very large feet. I was outside this evening and saw this little tan thing hopping in the grass. That is a US dime next to it. If its just a mouse, I guess I've never seen one so young.

What is it :confused:



http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg288/3cjd/OSShoot001-1.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg288/3cjd/OSShoot009-1.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg288/3cjd/OSShoot011-2.jpg



cjd3
08-18-2009, 07:08 PM
and don't tell me bait...
geezer II
08-18-2009, 07:12 PM
kangaroo mouse :whistle: :mischeif:
geezer II
08-18-2009, 07:19 PM
http://www.alsirhan.com/ImagSCreen/Jerboa_sc4.jpg
mikenbow
08-18-2009, 07:21 PM
My dog would eat it. ;)
geezer II
08-18-2009, 07:26 PM
Do you have ta tag and check them in :confused:
cjd3
08-18-2009, 07:39 PM
I can't write that small fer a land owners tag ?!?
CARPN-JAKE
08-18-2009, 07:49 PM
kangaroo mouse :whistle: :mischeif:

Yep
riverdude
08-18-2009, 08:03 PM
http://www.alsirhan.com/ImagSCreen/Jerboa_sc4.jpg

Cute little guy, hope I don't hit em with da mower.

Are they common in North East Ohio? I don't think I have ever seen one.
cjd3
08-18-2009, 08:43 PM
Thats the odd part. They are suppose to live in SW united states. I found this one in my yard tonight.
riverdude
08-18-2009, 08:49 PM
Thats the odd part. They are suppose to live in SW united states. I found this one in my yard tonight.

Maybe he hitched a ride up with Danmann this past weekend for da Clay shoot. :whistle: :D
cjd3
08-18-2009, 09:00 PM
How bout a Meadow Jumping Mouse.
They are found in Ohio
dar_54
08-18-2009, 09:05 PM
I believe what you have there is a Woodland Jumping Mouse, a young one. That would explain the features of the nose not being full and the eyes not fully alert and wide. Also explains how you got close enough to put a dime beside it. The kangaroo mouse is not an Ohio species, although it looks similar with the huge back legs. There is also a Meadow jumping mouse, but they are darker and duller colored.
Alaskancoastie
08-19-2009, 05:52 AM
I bet someone's pet constrictor would enjoy that cute little snack..........
dannmann801
08-19-2009, 06:06 AM
Maybe he hitched a ride up with Danmann this past weekend for da Clay shoot. :whistle: :D

DANG! I wuz gun say it fell outta geezers trailer....:mischeif:

Whatchoo got der Jimmie is a jen-u-wine Southeastern Ohio Hors-D'Oeuvre

(Cool picture man...good eye)