Zapus adamsi Hibbard 1955 (jumping mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1955. The Jinglebob Interglacial (Sangamon?) Fauna from Kansas and its Climatic Significance. 12(10):179-228

Belongs to Zapus according to C. W. Hibbard 1955

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Zapus burti, Zapus hudsonius, Zapus princeps, Zapus rinkeri, Zapus sandersi, Zapus sykesae

Type specimen: UMMP 29260, a mandible ( a right jaw with m1-m3. The incisor, coronoid process, and tip of the angle are missing). Its type locality is Jinglebob, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zapus adamsi in the database

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