Zapus princeps

J. A. Allen, 1893

Southwestern 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1893-04-28. List of mammals collected by Mr. Charles P. Rowley in the San Juan region of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(6):69-84.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897293

Original name as described

Zapus princeps

Other common names

Pacific Jumping Mouse

Type material

AMNH MO-4140, AMNH MS-5260

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4140 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-5260

Type locality

"Florida, La Plata Co., Colorado."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WY,CO,NM)

Taxonomy notes

previously included Z. oregonus, Z. saltator, and Z. pacificus; 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/1002015

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 princeps

J. A. Allen, 1893

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-4140, AMNH MS-5260

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-4140 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-5260

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897293

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Orr (1949:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:564, 565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  6. Malaney, Demboski & Cook (2017:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/52077)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42614/115195084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Zapus princeps chrysogenys

M. R. Lee & Durrant, 1960

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

chrysogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMNH:Mamm:13834

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UMNH:Mamm:13834

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642164

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Zapus princeps princeps

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

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

princeps

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)

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