California mammals

Southern Pacific Jumping Mouse in California

Zapus pacificus

Native to California SNR Unranked in California

Not listed as nonindigenous in California by USGS NAS; native to its California range.

IUCN Red List status

NE – Not Evaluated

Not yet assessed against IUCN Red List criteria.

Southern Pacific Jumping Mouse in California, by the numbers

Rare in California 197th most recorded of 241 mammals logged in California

18 occurrence records

When to look for the Southern Pacific Jumping Mouse in California

Most sightings fall in August.

18 California occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence. Based on a small number of dated records; the seasonal pattern may not be representative.

Monthly California records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April0
May2
June5
July2
August6
September3
October0
November0
December0

Monthly southern pacific jumping mouse occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in California.

Seasonality

Year-round in California, with recorded sightings peaking in August, with a smaller rise in June.

Occurrence map

Where Southern Pacific Jumping Mouse has been recorded in California

18 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

18 California records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Inyo National Forest 1
Trinity Alps Wilderness 1
Lassen Volcanic National Park 1
Hoover Wilderness 1

Protected places with the most southern pacific jumping mouse sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in California

CountyRecords
Mono County 4
Nevada County 4
Sierra County 3
Tulare County 2
Plumas County 1
Trinity County 1
Shasta County 1
Placer County 1
El Dorado County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 9 California counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

California’s combined state files contain 19 “Southern Pacific Jumping Mouse” records: 19 from iNaturalist and 0 from GBIF. It ranks 197th among 243 mammals in this California record comparison, placing it in the lower third. That’s a ranking of submitted records, not a head count of animals.

The California files don’t contain a complete month-by-month series for this species. That gap limits any claim about seasonal timing, and it doesn’t show that the animal leaves California during part of the year.

The national summary doesn’t provide a California share that can be compared cleanly with this state total. It’s better to treat these records as evidence of documentation effort rather than a measure of the species’ wider range.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

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Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"