Zapus hudsonius
(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)
Northern Meadow Jumping Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Dipodoidea |
| Family | : Zapodidae |
| Genus | : Zapus |
Species status
Authority citation
Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.
Authority publication link
https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827Original name as described
Dipus Hudsonius
Other common names
Hudson Bay Jumping Mouse
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"Canada, Hudson Bay." Restricted by R. M. Anderson in 1942 to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(GA,RI,NY,NH,ND,WV,MN,VA,KY,VT,ME,WI,CT,MI,IL,NE,NC,SC,IN,AK,MT,IA,OK,DE,CO,OH,PA,SD,AR,TN,MD,MO,AL,MS,KS,WY,DC,NJ)
Taxonomy notes
previously included Z. luteus; 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
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