Eozapus setchuanus

(de Pousargues, 1896)

Sichuan Jumping Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Zapodidae
Genus : Eozapus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pousargues, E. de. 1896. Sur la faune mammalogique de SEtchuan et sur une espèce asiatique du genre Zapus. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 2:11-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34214738

Original name as described

Zapus setchuanus

Other common names

Chinese Jumping Mouse

Type locality

Tatsienlu (Kangding), Sichuan Prov., China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. vicinus; moved from Dipodidae to Zapodidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249. · Yang, S., Xie, F., Zhou, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Eozapus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Zapodidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(2), 597-608.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002012

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Zapus setchuanus

(de Pousargues, 1896)

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

setchuanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34214738

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Preble (1899:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14567)

Eozapus setchuanus

A. Van de Weerd, 1976

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

setchuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

138

Authority publication

Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins, Special Publication

Name usages

  1. Van de Weerd (1976:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7521)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Holden (1993:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
  6. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7806/22200549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  13. Yang, Xie, Zhou, Zhang, Wang, Liu & Chen (2025:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69463)

Eozapus setchuanus setchuanus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

setchuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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