Napaeozapus insignis
5. Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis French: Zapode des bois / German: \Waldhipfmaus / Spanish: Raton saltador de bosque Taxonomy. Zapus insignis G. S. Miller, 1891, Restigouche River, New Brunswick, Canada. The earliest record of Napaeozapus is from the mid-Pleistocene at Cumberland Cave,...
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| Summary: | 5. Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis French: Zapode des bois / German: \Waldhipfmaus / Spanish: Raton saltador de bosque Taxonomy. Zapus insignis G. S. Miller, 1891, Restigouche River, New Brunswick, Canada. The earliest record of Napaeozapus is from the mid-Pleistocene at Cumberland Cave, Maryland. During the furthest advance of the Wisconsin glaciation, ¢.22,000 years ago, present distribution of Napaeozapus was under ice except for areas south of northern Pennsylvania, USA. During the post-glacial period, suitable habitat for Napaeozapus occurred from Connecticut to West Virginia and Ohio, and south to northern Georgia. Napaeozapus has been found at fourlate Pleistocene sites: Bedford Co. and Bootlegger Sink, York Co., Pennsylvania; Natural Chimneys, Augusta Co., Virgina; and Robinson Cave, north-central Tennessee. The primitive zapodine stage of Megasminthus occurred by the Miocene. Most subspecies of Napaeozapus are described based on morphology alone and should probably be synonymized. Five subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. N.i.insignisG.S.Miller,1891—ECanada(fromNewBrunswick,PrinceEdwardIsland,andNovaScotia,SWthroughoutE&SQuebectoSEOntario)andSthroughNEUSAtoNE&CPennsylvania,NNewJersey,andEWestVirginia. N.i.abietorumPreble,1899—SECanada(SCOntarioandC&SWQuebec). N.i.frutectanusH.H.T.Jackson,1919—SCCanada(extremeSEManitobaandextremeSWOntario)andNCUSA(NMinnesota,NWisconsin,andNMichigan). N.i.roanensisPreble,1899—EUSA(EOhio,WPennsylvania,NE,S&WCWestVirginia,CVirginia,extremeSEKentucky,andalongtheSouthCarolina—NorthCarolinaborder,toextremeNGeorgiaandNWSouthCarolina). N. i. saguenayensis R. M. Anderson, 1942 — E & SE Canada (from Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, to the Strait of Belle Isle and SW along the N shore of the Saint Lawrence River to Lac Saint-Jean in S Quebec). Descriptive notes. Head-body 89-98 mm, tail 115-160 mm, hindfoot 28-34 mm; weight 17-26 g. Tail, hindlegs, and hindfeet of Woodland Jumping Mice are characteristically elongated. Front feet are small. ... |
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