†Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956 (jumping mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Belongs to Zapus according to Hibbard 1956
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Zapus adamsi, Zapus burti, Zapus hudsonius, Zapus princeps, Zapus rinkeri, Zapus sykesae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sanders (UM-K2-53), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
• Blancan of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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