Napaeozapus insignis

(G. S. Miller, 1891)

Eastern Woodland Jumping Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1891. Description of a new jumping mouse from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The American Naturalist 25(296):742-743.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41208266

Original name as described

Zapus insignis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.7.464 (= Miller 464/387)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fdba538f-1b7d-4237-b03b-a2e0b5b36640

Type locality

Restigouche River, New Brunswick, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(PA,NY,TN,MA,RI,WV,NH,KY,NC,VA,CT,ME,SC,NJ,OH,VT,MD,GA)

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. abietorum; 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. · Malaney, J. L., Demboski, J. R., & Cook, J. A. (2017). Integrative species delimitation of the widespread North American jumping mice (Zapodinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 114, 137-152.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002013

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 insignis

(G. S. Miller, 1891)

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.7.464 (= Miller 464/387)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fdba538f-1b7d-4237-b03b-a2e0b5b36640

Authority page

742

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41208266

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Napaeozapus insignis gaspensis

R. M. Anderson, 1942

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

gaspensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 4786

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Provancher Society of Natural History, Québec

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Napaeozapus insignis algonquinensis

Prince, 1941

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

algonquinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:14730

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-14730

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Zapus (Napaeozapus) insignis roanensis

(Preble, 1899)

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

roanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:66283

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a029f225-df37-4a06-b24f-56408a582e22

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811662

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Napaeozapus insignis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  4. Malaney, Demboski & Cook (2017:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/52077)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42612/115194392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Napaeozapus insignis insignis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Napaeozapus insignis roanensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

roanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Meriones labradorius

(J. W. Dawson, 1856)

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

labradorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24799237

Authority publication

Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal

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