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
Intergradation with _Zapus princeps oregonus_ was noted by Davis
(1939:340) in a specimen from Cedar Mountain in Idaho. I have not seen
this individual which he referred to _Z. p. idahoensis_ but have seen a
specimen from the N Fork of Potlatch River (15 mi. SE Cedar Mt.), which,
in color, closely resembles _Z. p. oregonus_ but cranially (shape of
incisive foramina, size, and inflation of auditory bullae) is more
nearly like _Z. p. idahoensis_ to which it is referred. Davis (_loc.
cit._) indicates that specimens from summit of Smith Mt., from 1 mi. N
Bear Creek R. S., from 1/2 mi. E Black Lake, and from 3 mi. W Payette
Lake, Idaho, are in an area of intergradation between _Z. p. oregonus_
and _Z. p. idahoensis_, but he referred them to _Z. p. idahoensis_ on
the basis of cranial characters and length of hind foot. Seven specimens
from Alturas Lake, 7000 ft., Idaho, were likewise so allocated by Davis
(_loc. cit._). I concur with him and in addition refer the following
intermediate individuals from Idaho to _Z. p. idahoensis_: New Meadow,
1; Warren, 1; Perkins Lake, 7000 ft., Sawtooth Nat'l Forest, 1; Prairie
Creek, 12 mi. W Ketchum, 2400 ft., 3. All are more nearly like _Z. p.
oregonus_ in color but cranially they show more resemblance to _Z. p.
idahoensis_.
In the eastern part of the range of _Z. p. idahoensis_, intergradation
occurs with _Zapus princeps minor_, as at 15 mi. S Heath, N Fork Flat
Willow Creek, Big Snowy Mt's, Montana. Specimens from there have the
lateral line enlarged and the maximum seen in this species of Ochraceous
color ventrally. The pterygoid fossae are large and the bullae are
reduced as in _Z. p. minor_, but in the sum total of the characters the
mice more closely resemble _Z. p. idahoensis_. At Lewistown, 7 mi. NE
Judith Mt's, Lime Kiln Gulch, Montana, the animals are colored as are
_Z. p. minor_ but cranially are like _Z. p. idahoensis_ to which they
are referred. Specimens from the Highwood Mt's, Montana, also are
intergrades; they have a relatively distinct lateral line as in _Z. p.
minor_ but show no ventral suffusion of Ochraceous; they have large
bullae, nasals that are straight in lateral profile and other cranial
characters of _Z. p. idahoensis_ to which they are here referred.
A single specimen from Kamiak Butte, Whitman County, Washington, has
been referred to _Z. p. idahoensis_ by Dalquest (1948:373). I have not
seen this individual, but, on geographic grounds, it is likely to be of
this subspecies.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 342, distributed as follows:
ALBERTA: Boom Creek, 5600 ft., 27 mi. W Banff, 2 (NMC); _Banff, Cascade
Basin_, 2 (NMC); _Bryant Creek, Banff Park_, 1 (NMC); _Spray River, 7
mi. Cabin, Banff Park_, 3 (NMC); Crows Nest Pass, 2 (NMC); Waterton
Lakes Park, 16 (NMC); _Linnets Pond, Waterton Lakes Park_, 4 (NMC);
_Bertha Creek, Waterton Lakes Park_, 8 (NMC).
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