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
UTAH: _Boxelder Co._: _south fork of George Creek, 5 mi. SE Yost, Raft
River Mts., 6700 ft._, 1 (UU); _George Creek, 7 mi. SE Yost, Raft River
Mts., 6500 ft._, 6 (UU); _Pine Canyon, 6600 ft., 17 mi. NW Kelton, Raft
River Mts._, 8 (MVZ); Pine Creek, 3 mi. N Rosette, Raft River Mts., 6100
ft., 2 (UU).
_Marginal records._--Idaho: Camp Tendoy, Pocatello. Utah: Pine Creek, 3
mi. N Rosette, Raft River Mts., 6100 ft. Idaho: Mt. Harrison, 10 mi. S
Albion.
=Zapus princeps curtatus= Hall
_Zapus princeps curtatus_ Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:7,
April 10, 1931.
_Zapus princeps oregonus_, Taylor, Univ. California Publ. Zool.,
7:281, June 24, 1911.
_Type._--Female, adult, skin and skull, No. 7991, Mus. Vert. Zool.; head
of Big Creek, 8000 feet altitude, Pine Forest Mountains, Humboldt
County, Nevada; obtained on June 30, 1909, by Walter P. Taylor and C. H.
Richardson, original No. 777 of W. P. T.
_Range._--Pine Forest Mt's, Humboldt County, Nevada. See fig. 46. Zonal
range: Transition and Canadian.
_Description._--Size medium; back pale near Light Ochraceous-Buff with
admixture of black hair forming dark dorsal band; sides lighter than
back; lateral line faintly indicated; ventral surface white; tail
bicolored, grayish-white to yellowish-white below and pale brown above;
ears dark, edged with yellowish-white; feet grayish-white above; palatal
bridge short; tooth-rows almost parallel; mastoid region of skull
relatively narrow; incisive foramina wide posteriorly; narrow across
zygomata; nasals relatively narrow posteriorly.
_Comparisons._--For comparison with _Zapus princeps oregonus_ see
account of that subspecies.
_Remarks._--This jumping mouse, which was described from the Pine Forest
Mountains, closely resembles _Zapus princeps oregonus_ but differs in
lighter color, slightly smaller body, less divergent tooth-rows,
shorter palate, and narrower skull across the mastoid region.
The Pine Forest Mountains are isolated from neighboring boreal regions
by a belt of the Upper Sonoran Life-zone, which is inhospitable to
_Zapus_; therefore, intergrades between _Z. p. oregonus_ and _Z. p.
curtatus_ are not known and probably do not exist. Nevertheless, _Z. p.
curtatus_ shows close affinity with _Z. p. oregonus_, as indicated by
Taylor (1911:281), and I agree with Hall (1931:7) that the relationships
of _Z. p. curtatus_ are best expressed by arranging it as a subspecies
of _Zapus princeps_.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 18, all from Nevada, distributed as
follows: _Humboldt County_: Pine Forest Mts.; Alder Creek, 6000 ft., 2
(MVZ); head of Big Creek, 8000 ft., 14 (MVZ); _Leonard Creek, 6500 ft._,
2 (MVZ); Meadow, 1 (MVZ).
_Marginal records._--Nevada: Pine Forest Mts., Alder Creek; Meadow.
=Zapus princeps idahoensis= Davis
_Zapus princeps idahoensis_ Davis, Jour. Mamm., 15:221, August 10,
1931.
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