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Napaeozapus insignis (woodland jumping mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy

Zapus insignis was named by Miller (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Napaeozapus insignis by Miller (1900), Jackson (1919), Prince (1941), Anderson (1942), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1891	Zapus insignis Miller
1900	Napaeozapus insignis Miller
1919	Napaeozapus insignis Jackson
1941	Napaeozapus insignis Prince
1942	Napaeozapus insignis Anderson
1980	Napaeozapus insignis Kurten and Anderson p. 271
1981	Napaeozapus insignis Hall

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
infraorder	Myodonta	Schaub 1958
superfamily	Dipodoidea	Fischer 1817
family	Zapodidae	Coues 1875
genus	Napaeozapus	Miller 1900
species	insignis	(Miller 1891)

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.

Napaeozapus insignis Miller 1891 [woodland jumping mouse]

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

saltatorialg

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2012-05-15 12:46:55

Modified:

2012-05-14 21:46:55

Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Pennsylvania)	Napaeozapus insignis (20354)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Maryland)	Napaeozapus insignis (20302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Virginia)	Napaeozapus insignis (82258 103991 104697 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (West Virginia)	Napaeozapus insignis (93332)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Ohio)	Napaeozapus insignis (195069)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Canada (Quebec)	Napaeozapus insignis (221970)