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
_Specimens examined._--Total, 29, all from California, distributed as
follows: _Marin County_ (MVZ): 3 mi. W Inverness, 300 ft., 14; _5 mi.
NNE Point Reyes Lighthouse_, 12; _W end Elk Valley, 10 ft._, 1; West
Portal, Fort Barry, 2.
_Marginal records._--California: 3 mi. W Inverness, 300 ft.; West
Portal, Fort Barry.
=Zapus trinotatus trinotatus= Rhoads
_Zapus trinotatus Rhoads_, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,
1894:42, January 15, 1895.
_Jaculus hudsonius_, Baird, Repts. Expl. and Surv. 111, 8 (pt. 1):
433, July 14, 1858 (part--the part from Washington).
_Zapus hudsonius_, Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. of the
Territories, 2nd ser., No. 5:260, 1877 (part--the part from
Steilacoom [Pierce County], Washington).
_Zapus imperator_ Elliot, Field Columbian Mus., publ. 30, zool.
ser., 1:228, February 1, 1899, type from Siegs Ranch, Elwah River,
Clallam County, Washington.
_Zapus princeps trinotatus_, Dalquest, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 2:371, April 9, 1948.
_Type._--Male, adult, skin and skull, No. 360, S. N. Rhoads Coll.; Lulu
Island, mouth of Frazer River, British Columbia; obtained on May 31,
1892, by S. N. Rhoads (type in Philadelphia Acad. Nat. Sci.).
_Range._--Pacific coastal region from Requa, Del Norte County,
California, north in Oregon west of the Cascades, and in Washington
including the Cascades; to southwestern British Columbia.
_Description._--Size large; back from near Ochraceous-Buff to near Tawny
with admixture of black hair forming broad dorsal band; sides lighter
than back from near Ochraceous-Buff to near Tawny; lateral line usually
distinct; belly white, sometimes with faint suffusion of ochraceous on
lower throat and upper chest; tail bicolored, brown above, white to
yellowish-white below; ears dark, sometimes flecked with color of sides,
edged with ochraceous; feet grayish-white above; palatal bridge
relatively short; incisive foramina relatively long; condylobasal region
long; zygomatic width great; braincase relatively broad; distance from
incisors to postpalatal notch relatively great.
_Comparisons._--For comparisons with _Zapus trinotatus montanus_ and
_Zapus trinotatus eureka_ see accounts of those subspecies.
_Remarks._--This subspecies retains most of its diagnostic characters
throughout nearly all parts of its geographic range. Intergradation
occurs between _Z. t. eureka_ and _Z. t. trinotatus_ in extreme
southwestern Oregon and northwestern California (see account of _Z. t.
eureka_). Intergrades between _Z. t. montanus_ and _Z. t. trinotatus_
have been commented on in the account of _Z. t. montanus_. Specimens
from Eugene, Oregon, according to Bailey (1936:232), show affinity to
_Z. t. montanus_ but are considered by him to be _Z. t. trinotatus_.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 238, distributed as follows:
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