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
The animals available from Glacier, British Columbia, are in color more
nearly like _Z. p. saltator_ and cranially combine the characters of _Z.
p. idahoensis_, _Z. p. saltator_, and _Z. p. kootenayensis_. The sum
total of their characters places them with _Z. p. saltator_. Anderson
(1932:108) remarks on the disparity of size between the two sexes of _Z.
p. kootenayensis_, stating that females are considerably larger than
males. I have examined most of the material used in the original
description and find that animals of like age in the two sexes show no
significant size difference. Anderson (_loc. cit._) seems to have
compared young males with adult females.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 68, distributed as follows:
BRITISH COLUMBIA: Manning Park, 3 (PM); _Good Fellow Creek, Manning
Park_, 1 (PM); _Mt. Beaver Valley, 6300 ft., Manning Park_, 1 (PM);
_Timberline Valley, 6500 ft._, 3 (PM); _Allison Pass, 1 mi. E Manning
Park_, 1 (PM); Monashee Pass, 4000 ft., 13 (PM); Hope-Princeton Summit,
5500 ft., 1 (NMC); _Hedley, Stirling Creek_, 1 (NMC); Anarchist Mts., 1
(PM); Fairview-Keremeos Summit, 5 (NMC); _Westbridge_, 2 (NMC);
_Midway_, 2 (NMC); Green Mtn., near Rossland, 6000 ft., 12 (11 NMC, 1
MVZ); _Mt. Old Glory, 7000 ft., Rossland_, 5 (4 NMC, 1 MVZ); _Rossland,
5800 ft._, 12 (11 NMC, 1 MVZ); Camp 6, Meadow Creek, 7 mi. SE of Yahk, 1
(NMC).
IDAHO: _Bonner County_: 5 mi. W Cocolalla, 3500 ft., 2 (MVZ). _Boundary
County_: 4 mi. W Meadow Creek, 3000 ft., 2 (MVZ).
_Marginal records._--British Columbia: Monashee Pass, 4000 ft.; Camp 6,
Meadow Creek, 7 mi. SE Yahk. Idaho: 4 mi. W Meadow Creek, 3000 ft.; 5
mi. W Cocolalla, 3500 ft. British Columbia: Hope-Princeton Summit, 5500
ft.; Manning Park.
=Zapus princeps luteus= Miller
_Zapus luteus_, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:253,
December 23, 1911.
_Zapus luteus australis_, Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
26:132, May 21, 1913. Type from Socorro, Socorro County,
New Mexico.
_Type._--Female, adult, skin and skull, No. 133601, U. S. Nat. Mus.
Biol. Surv. Coll., Espanola, 5000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico;
obtained on June 24, 1904, by McClure Surber, original No. 162.
_Range._--White Mt's of southern Apache County and northern Greenlee
County, Arizona; in New Mexico, from the Sacramento Mt's, Otero County,
northward to the San Juan Mt's, Rio Arriba County. See fig. 46. Zonal
range: Lower Sonoran (1 individual), Upper Sonoran, Transition, and
Canadian.
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