Eozapus vicinus

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Gansu Jumping Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Zapodidae
Genus : Eozapus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-10-01. On a collection of small mammals from the Tsin-ling Mountains, Central China, presented to Mr. G. Fenwick Owen to the National Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(58):395-403.

Original name as described

Zapus (Eozapus) setchuanus vicinus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.5.62

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"46 miles S.E. of Tao-chou, Kan-su. 9800-10,000'", China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from E. setchuanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Yang, S., Xie, F., Zhou, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Eozapus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Zapodidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(2), 597-608.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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