Southwestern jumping mouse reports follow Utah’s mountain forests rather than its dry basins. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache, Dixie, and Fishlake national forests mark separated pockets of cool, sheltered habitat across the north, center, and south of the state.
The record pattern rises sharply in July and August, with far fewer reports outside late spring and summer. That narrow window also matches easier travel and fieldwork in high country. It doesn’t show that mice vanish from suitable sites during quieter months.
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