Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Parent taxon: Zapodidae according to Coues 1876
See also Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Seymour 2004
Sister taxa: Aksyiromys, Banyuesminthus, Elymys, Eozapus, Gobiosminthus, Javazapus, Macrognathomys, Megasminthus, Miosicista, Napaeozapus, Pliozapus, Primisminthus, Schaubeumys, Shamosminthus, Sicista, Sicistinae, Simiacritomys, Sminthozapus, Tyrannomys
Subtaxa: Zapus adamsi Zapus burti Zapus hudsonius Zapus princeps Zapus rinkeri Zapus sandersi Zapus sykesae
Type: Dipus hudsonius
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (33: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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