North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus)

by Philip H. Krutzsch

1899 major (Zapus) Preble [= Zapus princeps oregonus], N. Amer. Fauna, 15:25, August 8, 1899, arranged as a subspecies of Zapus princeps by Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:10, April 10, 1931; here considered a synonym of Zapus princeps oregonus.

1899 nevadensis (Zapus) Preble [= Zapus princeps oregonus], N. Amer. Fauna, 15:25, August 8, 1899, arranged as a subspecies of Zapus princeps by Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:10, April 10, 1931; here considered a synonym of Zapus princeps oregonus.

1899 orarius (Zapus) Preble [= Zapus trinotatus orarius], N. Amer. Fauna, 15:29, August 8, 1899, applies to the animals from southwestern Marin County, California.

1911 luteus (Zapus) Miller [= Zapus princeps luteus], Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:253, December 23, 1911, applies to the jumping mouse in north-central and southern New Mexico and eastern Arizona.

1913 australis (Zapus luteus) Bailey [= Zapus princeps luteus], Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:129, May 21, 1913, was applied to the jumping mouse of southern New Mexico, but is here regarded as a synonym of luteus.

1920 eureka (Zapus trinotatus) Howell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 21:229, May 20, 1920, applies to the jumping mouse of the humid coastal district of northern California.

1931 cinereus (Zapus princeps) Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:7, April 10, 1931, applies to the jumping mouse of extreme northwest Utah and south-central Idaho.

1931 curtatus (Zapus princeps) Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:7, April 10, 1931, applies to the jumping mouse of the Pine Forest Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada.

1931 palatinus (Zapus princeps) Hall [= Zapus princeps oregonus], Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:8, April 10, 1931, was applied to the jumping mouse of Lander and Nye counties, Nevada, but is here regarded as a synonym of oregonus.

1932 kootenayensis (Zapus princeps) Anderson, Ann. Rept. Nat. Mus. Canada for 1931:108, November 24, 1932, applies to the jumping mouse of southeastern and central British Columbia, northern Idaho, and eastern Washington.