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
_Remarks._--Howell (1920:230), without having examined the material,
provisionally referred specimens from Requa and Crescent City, Del Norte
County, California, to _Z. t. eureka_. I have studied this material and
find the specimens to be intermediate between _Z. t. trinotatus_ and _Z.
t. eureka_ in cranial characters (zygomatic breadth, interorbital width,
and breadth of braincase), but nearer _Z. t. trinotatus_ in coloration
(absence of ochraceous suffusion ventrally). They are here referred to
_Z. t. trinotatus_. The zone of intergradation between _Z. t.
trinotatus_ and _Z. t. eureka_ seems to extend from Requa, California,
north to Gold Beach, Oregon, where other specimens intermediate between
these two subspecies, have been obtained. These individuals are also
referred to _Z. t. trinotatus_ on the basis of cranial features and
color.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 42, all from California, distributed as
follows: _Humboldt Co._: Trinidad, 4 (SDM); Carsons Camp, Mad River, 3
(USBS); 3 mi. W Arcata, 5 (MVZ); _7-3/10 mi. E Bayside_, 1 (MVZ); _12
mi. S Korbel, on Maple Creek_, 2 (MVZ); _Falk_, 1 (MVZ); Carlotta, 1
(MVZ); _F. B. Summer Redwoods, S Eureka_, 1 (MVZ); _Maple Creek, 1 mi. W
junction Mad River_, 12 (MVZ). _Mendocino County_: Mendocino City, 1
(MVZ); Albion River, 1/3 mi. E MacDonalds Ranch, 1 (MVZ); Russian Gulch
State Park, 10 (MVZ).
_Marginal records._--California: Trinidad; Russian Gulch State Park;
Albion River, 1/3 mi. E MacDonalds Ranch; Mendocino City; Carlotta.
=Zapus trinotatus montanus= Merriam
_Zapus trinotatus montanus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
11:104, April 26, 1897; Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 55:234,
August 29, 1936.
_Zapus montanus_, Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, 15:28, August 8, 1899.
_Type._--Female, adult, skin and skull; No. 79863, U. S. Nat. Mus.,
Biol. Surv. Coll.; Crater Lake, Klamath County, Oregon; obtained on
August 19, 1896, by Edward A. Preble, original No. 1388.
_Range._--From Crater Lake, Klamath County, Oregon, northward along the
Cascade Range into Hood River County, Oregon. Zonal range: Transition
and Canadian.
_Description._--Size medium; back near Ochraceous-Buff with admixture of
black hair, resulting in a grizzled, broad, dorsal band; sides lighter
than back, from near Ochraceous-Buff to near Pinkish-Cinnamon, and lined
with black hair; lateral line distinct; underparts usually pure white,
sometimes with slight suffusion of ochraceous on lower throat and upper
chest; tail bicolored, brown above and yellowish-white below; ears dark,
sometimes flecked with ochraceous, edged with yellowish-white; feet
grayish-white above; braincase relatively narrow; zygomata relatively
short; condylobasal length short; mastoid region relatively narrow;
palatal bridge short; auditory bullae large; frontal region inflated;
pterygoid fossae relatively narrow.
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