Zapus trinotatus

Rhoads, 1895

Northern Pacific 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

Rhoads, S.N. 1895-01-15. A new jumping mouse from the Pacific slope. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 46:421-422.

Original name as described

Zapus trinotatus

Other common names

Coast Jumping Mouse · Point Reyes Jumping Mouse

Type material

ANSP 7360 (= SNR 360)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Lulu Island (mouth of Frazier River), British Columbia," Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA)

Taxonomy notes

previously included Z. montanus (previously known as ; 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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