Zapus hudsonius

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Dipodidae; Zapus; Zapus hudsonius; Hudson Bay; Bering Strait; Canada; Hudson; Meade; Fort Severn; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6609516; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6609516

2. Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius French: Zapode des champs / German: Wiesenhipfmaus / Spanish: Raton saltador de pradera Other common names: Hudson Bay Jumping Mouse Taxonomy. Dipus hudsonius Zimmermann, 1780, “Canada, Hudson Bay.” Restricted by R. M. Anderson in 1942 to Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada. Asiazapus 1s the ancestor of Zapus and apparently originated in Asia in the late Pliocene and moved across the Bering Strait into northern North America. This was supported using ectoparasite analysis. Western North America was the area of dispersal of Zapus. It appears that Z. hudsonius was the earliest Zapus and occurred in Alaska. It probably gave rise to Z. trinotatus and Z. princeps. The three species of Zapus are quite closely related. Zapus hudsonius has been found in a late Pleistocene cave deposit in Robinson Cave, Overton County, Tennessee. Two extinct subspecies are known only from the Pleistocene in Kansas: adamsi named by C. W. Hibbard in 1955 from Meade Co., late Sangamon interglacial, and transitionalis named by D. Klingener in 1963 from Big Springs Ranch, Meade Co., late Illinoian. Several workers have questioned validity of the subspecies preblei. Twelve subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. Z.h.hudsoniusZimmermann,1780—SEAlaska,mostofW&CCanada(SYukon,NBritishColumbia,SNorthwestTerritories,Alberta,Saskatchewan,nearlyallofManitoba,andWOntario),andStoNCUSA(NEMinnesota). Z.h.acadicusR.M.Anderson,1942—ECanada(fromNewBrunswick,PrinceEdwardIsland,andNovaScotia),SWtoNEUSA(NENewYorkandSNewEngland). Z.h.alascensisMerriam,1897—SWAlaska. Z.h.americanusBarton,1799—EUSA(Indiana,Ohio,andSWNewYork,StoNEAlabama,NWGeorgia,andNWSouthCarolina). Z.h.campestrisPreble,1899—NCUSA(whereMontana,SouthDakota,andWyomingmeet). Z.h.canadensisDavies,1798—SECanada(EOntarioandWQuebec). Z.h.intermediusKrutzsch,1954—SCCanada(extremeSManitoba)andNC&ECUSA(extremeECMontana,NorthDakota,SEtoSWisconsin,Michigan,SWIndiana,WKentucky,andWTennessee). Z.h.ladasBangs,1899—ECanada(LabradorandNEQuebec). ...