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Zapus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Zapus was named by Coues (1876). It is extant. Its type is Dipus hudsonius. It is the type genus of Zapodidae.

It was assigned to Zapodinae by Hay (1902); and to Zapodidae by Coues (1876), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Seymour (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Zapus Coues
1902Zapus Hay p. 732
1980Zapus Kurten and Anderson p. 270
1997Zapus McKenna and Bell
2004Zapus Seymour

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyZapodidaeCoues 1875
genusZapusCoues 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Zapus Coues 1876
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Zapus adamsi Hibbard 1955
Zapus burti Hibbard 1941
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 [meadow jumping mouse]
Zapus princeps Allen 1893
Zapus rinkeri Hibbard 1951
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
Zapus sykesae Martin 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:59:02
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:59:02
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Z. sandersi (19964)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Z. rinkeri (19931) Z. sandersi (19938 19942 19943) Z. sp. (19940)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Z. burti (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Z. hudsonius (125941) Z. sp. (123875)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Z. hudsonius (20422 20423 20516) Z. sandersi (20301 20352 20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Z. sp. (20309)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Z. sykesae (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Utah) Z. sp. (20405 20406)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Z. sp. (20350)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Z. hudsonius (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Z. hudsonius (20143) Z. sandersi (20523)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Z. hudsonius (20354 20479)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Z. sp. (20388)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Z. sp. (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Z. hudsonius (93332 123868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Z. hudsonius (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Z. adamsi (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Z. hudsonicus (82258 104697) Z. hudsonius (103991 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Z. sp. (63566)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Z. sp. (104672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Z. princeps (162133)