Zapus oregonus

Preble, 1899

Oregon 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

Authority citation

Preble, E.A. 1899-08-08. Revision of the jumping mice of the genus Zapus. North American Fauna 15:1-44.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811651

Original name as described

Zapus princeps oregonus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:78156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8c65134-a566-4d96-8875-53f3e0f7e059

Type locality

Elgin, Blue Mts, Oregon, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,WY,UT,NV,CA,CO)

Taxonomy notes

split from Z. princeps; the names major, nevadensis, and palatinus are tentatively considered to represent this species, although this has not been investigated using individuals from the type localities of each taxon; 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006498

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 major

Preble, 1899

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:79983

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3015abbec-b019-4ffd-b42c-7dd4b8b6b7c1

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811651

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Preble (1899:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14567)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Zapus nevadensis

Preble, 1899

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:94185

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e3487a44-6a4b-4a2a-81fb-21858eb75d41

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811652

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Preble (1899:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14567)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Zapus princeps oregonus

Preble, 1899

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

oregonus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:78156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8c65134-a566-4d96-8875-53f3e0f7e059

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811651

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Preble (1899:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14567)
  2. Taylor (1911:281, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29511039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68775)
  3. Bailey (1936:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  4. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Zapus princeps cinereus

E. R. Hall, 1931

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:45422

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:45422

Authority page

7

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

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 curtatus

E. R. Hall, 1931

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

curtatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:7991

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:7991

Authority page

7

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

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 palatinus

E. R. Hall, 1931

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

palatinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:45871

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:45871

Authority page

8

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Zapus princeps utahensis

E. R. Hall, 1934

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

utahensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 59153

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

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 oregonus

Malaney, Demboski, & J. A. Cook, 2017

Family

Zapodidae

Root name

oregonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Malaney, Demboski & Cook (2017:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/52077)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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