Zapus hudsonius
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Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
[Dipus] hudsonius Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 358.
Type Locality: Canada, Ontario, Hudson Bay, Fort Severn (see Anderson, 1942 b).
Vernacular Names: Meadow Jumping Mouse.
Synonyms: Zapus acadicus Anderson 1942; Zapus alascensis Merriam 1897; Zapus americanus Barton 1799; Zapus australis Bailey 1913; Zapus brevipes Bole and Moulthrop 1942; Zapus campestris Preble 1899; Zapus canadensis (Davies 1798); Zapus hardyi Batchelder 1899; Zapus intermedius Krutzsch 1954; Zapus labradorius (Kerr 1792); Zapus ladas Bangs 1899; Zapus luteus Miller 1911; Zapus microcephalus (Harlan 1839); Zapus ontarioensis Anderson 1943; Zapus pallidus Cockrum and Baker 1950; Zapus preblei Krutzsch 1954; Zapus rafinesquei Bole and Moulthrop 1942; Zapus tenellus Merriam 1897.
Distribution: USA and Canada: S Alaska to S Coast Hudson Bay to Labrador, south to E North Carolina and NW South Carolina, southwest to NW Alabama, north to NE Mississippi and Tennessee, west to NE Oklahoma, northwest to SE Montana, northeast to SE Saskatchewan, northwest to C and S British Columbia. Isolated populations in S Wyoming, NC Colorado, N and C New Mexico, and EC Arizona.
Conservation: U. S. ESA – Threatened as Z. h. preblei; IUCN – Endangered as Z. h. preblei, Vulnerable as Z. h. campestris, Lower Risk (nt) as Z. h luteus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Distinguishing Z. hudsonius from Z. princeps using repeated cranial measurements elaborated by Conner and Shenk (2003). The S Rocky Mtn population originally described as luteus, formerly assigned to princeps, was shown to represent hudsonius by Hafner et al. (1981). Diagnosis, records and range map (excluding Mississippi), provided by Hall (1981). Mississippi record given by Kennedy et al. (1982). Results of new survey for the species in New Mexico reported by Morrison (1992), and population in NE Oklahoma reviewed by Kasper et al. (1993). Reviewed by Whitaker (1972, Mammalian Species, 11; 1999 b), and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998). For synonyms see Hall (1981).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/221A42D4CE141DE71979DF1F4C3EE530 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/BD28F218B6766F6F6197DDC301FEF041 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231527077 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Zimmermann
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Dipodidae
- Genus
- Zapus
- Species
- hudsonius
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Anderson, R. M. 1942 b. Six additions to the list of Quebec mammals with descriptions of four new forms. Annual Report, Provancher Society of Natural History of Canada, Quebec, 1941: 31 - 43 (English); 45 - 57 (French).
- Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.
- Bole, B. J., Jr., and P. N. Moulthrop. 1942. The Ohio Recent mammal collection in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Scientific Publication of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 5: 83 - 181.
- Preble, E. A. 1899. Revision of the jumping mice of the genus Zapus. North American Fauna, 15: 1 - 41.
- Krutzsch, P. H. 1954. North American jumping mice (genus Zapus). University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 7 (4): 349 - 472.
- Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; class I: Mammalia. London, J. Murray & R. Faulder, 664 pp.
- Anderson, R. M., and A. L. Rand. 1943. Variation in the porcupine (Genus Erethizon) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Research, section D, 21: 292 - 309.
- Conner, M. M., and T. M. Shenk. 2003. Distinguishing Zapus hudsonius preblei freom Zapus princeps princeps by using repeated cranial measurements. Journal of Mammalogy, 84 (4): 1456 - 1463.
- Hafner, D. J., K. E. Petersen, and T. L. Yates. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of jumping mice (genus Zapus) of the southwestern United States. Journal of Mammalogy, 62 (3): 501 - 512.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Kennedy, M. L., G. A. Heidt, and P. K. Kennedy. 1982. First record of the meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) in Mississippi. Journal Mississippi Academy of Science, 27: 149 - 150.
- Morrison, J. L. 1992. Persistence of the meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius luteus, in New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist, 37 (3): 308 - 311.
- Kasper, S., M. P. Husby, and J. S. Hausbeck. 1993. Discovery of Zapus hudsonius in northeastern Oklahoma, with comments on its ecological status. Texas Journal of Science, 45 (3): 274 - 276.
- Whitaker, J. O., Jr., and W. J. Hamilton, Jr. 1998. Mammals of the eastern United States. Third Edition. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 583 pp.