Zapus sykesae Martin 1989 (jumping mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Full reference: R. A. Martin. 1989. Early Pleistocene Zapodid Rodents from the Java Local Fauna of North-Central South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(1):101-109

Belongs to Zapus according to R. A. Martin 1989

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

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Java (Quaternary of South Dakota)

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