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Zapus hudsonius (meadow jumping mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Dipus hudsonius was named by Zimmermann (1780). It is extant. It is the type species of Zapus.

It was misspelled as Zapus hudsonicus by Crile and Quiring (1940); it was recombined as Zapus hudsonius by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Seymour (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Dipus hudsonius Zimmermann
1902Zapus hudsonius Hay p. 732
1940Zapus hudsonicus Crile and Quiring p. 247
1980Zapus hudsonius Kurten and Anderson p. 271
2004Zapus hudsonius Seymour

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyZapodidaeCoues 1875
genusZapusCoues 1876
specieshudsonius(Zimmermann 1780)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 [meadow jumping mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available