Habitat
The main habitat of pacific jumping mouse includes; streams, brush-lands, lakes, woodlands, forests, fields swamps, meadows, shrubs, bogs, marshes, rivers, and ponds. This habitat, in range covers the entire Northwest, California, and western Canada. The Pacific Jumping Mouse has a peculiar behavior that sets it apart from the others, for instance, it is a highly nervous and strung animal, and it can depict aggressiveness tendencies whenever it is trapped. These aggressiveness tendencies are manifested by biting-off the hand of the individual who have trapped it. However, despite it showing some signs of aggressiveness, the pacific jumping mouse is naturally gentle. When they engage in fighting, they produce a characteristic squeaking noise and at the same time it pulsates its tail against a given substrate and thus it produces a drumming noise. Moreover, when this rodent is agitated, it jumps and moves madly from one place to another.
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