North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus) — John Shaqi
North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus)Krutzsch, Philip H. (Philip Henry)
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North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus)
Krutzsch, Philip H. (Philip Henry)
Zapus
A. Baculum with tip spade-shaped and tip wider than 0.43 mm;
underfur with medullary pattern rectangular, cuticular scales
small; coronoid process of mandible long and slender, angle of
divergence from condyle broad; angle of mandible turned in and
wide; pterygoid fossae wide; skull broad in relation to length;
premolars with crescentine fold on occlusal surface.
_Zapus trinotatus_ p. 385
A´. Baculum with tip lanceolate (not spade-shaped) and tip less
than 0.43 mm wide; underfur with medullary pattern square or
rectangular; but, if rectangular, cuticular scales large;
coronoid process short and broad, angle of divergence from
condyle narrow; angle of mandible turned inward and small to
medium; pterygoid fossae usually narrow; skull not broad in
relation to length; premolars without crescentine fold on
occlusal surface.
B(A´). Baculum less than 5.1 mm in total length; guard hair
averaging 115 micra in diameter; underfur with rectangular
medullary pattern, cuticular scales large; skull small;
incisive foramina shorter than 4.6 mm; condylobasal length
averaging less than 20 mm; length of maxillary tooth-row
averaging less than 3.7 mm; palatal breadth at M3 less than
4.2 mm.
_Zapus hudsonius_ p. 420
B´. Baculum more than 5.1 mm in total length; guard hair averaging
more than 140 micra in diameter; underfur with square medullary
pattern, cuticular scales moderately large; skull large;
incisive foramina longer than 4.7 mm; condylobasal length more
than 21 mm; maxillary tooth-row averaging more than 3.8 mm;
palatal breadth at M3 more than 4.4 mm.
_Zapus princeps_ p. 394
SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES
=Zapus trinotatus= Rhoads
(Synonymy under subspecies)
_Range._--From southwestern British Columbia southward through western
Washington and Oregon and in the humid coastal district of California
almost to the Golden Gate (see fig. 45).
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