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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Dipodoidea
--> FAMILY Dipodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Zapodinae
--> GENUS Zapus
SPECIES Zapus princeps
| Author: | Allen, 1893. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 71. | | Common Name: | Western Jumping Mouse | | Type Locality: | USA, Colorado, La Plata Co., Florida. | | Distribution: | Canada and USA: S Yukon southeast to NE South Dakota, west to C Montana, southeast to SE Wyoming, S to NC New Mexico; northwest to N and C Utah (isolated population in SE Utah), N and C Nevada, EC California north to SW, C and E Oregon, SE Washington northwest to S Yukon. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly included luteus; see comment under Z. hudsonius. Diagnosis, records, and range map provided by Hall (1981). Discrimination from Z. hudsonius by repeated cranial measurements documented by Conner and Shenk (2003). Reviewed by Cranford (1999). For synonyms see Hall (1981). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
alleni Elliot, 1898
chrysogenys Lee and Durrant, 1960
cinereus Hall, 1931
curtatus Hall, 1931
idahoensis Davis, 1934
kootenayensis Anderson, 1932
major Preble, 1899
minor Preble, 1899
nevadensis Preble, 1899
oregonus Preble, 1899
pacificus Merriam, 1897
palatinus Hall, 1931
saltator Allen, 1899
utahensis Hall, 1934
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