Zapus montanus
C. H. Merriam, 1897
Central 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
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1897-04-26. Three new jumping mice (Zapus) from the northwest. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:103-104.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263217Original name as described
Zapus trinotatus montanus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:79863
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c5fdf4b7-7bca-49cb-b7d8-e1c684602aabType locality
Crater Lake, Mt Mazama, Oregon, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(OR,WA,CA)
Taxonomy notes
split from Z. trinotatus under the name orarius, although the name montanus appears to have nomenclatural priority, being the oldest name for this species and replaces orarius here; 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
Not Evaluated
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