Zapus hudsonius adamsi Hibbard 1955 (meadow jumping mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Alternative combination: Zapus adamsi

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

Belongs to Zapus hudsonius according to D. Klingener 1963

See also Hibbard 1955 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxon: Zapus hudsonius transitionalis

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 hudsonius adamsi in the database

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