Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
- Dataset
- Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Zimmermann (1780): Zapus hudsonius. Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere 2
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Dipodidae
- genus
- Zapus
- species
- Zapus hudsonius
conservation
STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as Z. h. luteus.
discussion
COMMENTS: The S Rocky Mtn subspecies luteus, formerly assigned to princeps, was shown to represent hudsonius by Hafner et al. (1981). Diagnosis, records and range map (excluding Mississippi), provided by Hall (1981). Mississippi record given by Kennedy et al. (1982). Reviewed by Whitaker (1972, Mammalian Species, 11).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: USA and Canada: S Alaska to S Coast Hudson Bay to Labrador, south to E North Carolina and NW South Carolina, southwest to NW Alabama, north to NE Mississippi and Tennessee, west to NE Oklahoma, northwest to SE Montana, northeast to SE Saskatchewan, northwest to C and S British Columbia. Isolated populations in S Wyoming, NC Colorado, N and C New Mexico, and EC Arizona.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Ontario, Hudson Bay, Fort Severn (see Anderson, 1942 b).
Name
- Homonyms
- Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)