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Zapus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Zapus was named by Coues (1876). It is extant. Its type is Dipus hudsonius. It is the type genus of Zapodidae.

It was assigned to Zapodinae by Hay (1902); and to Zapodidae by Coues (1876), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Seymour (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Zapus Coues
1902Zapus Hay p. 732
1980Zapus Kurten and Anderson p. 270
1997Zapus McKenna and Bell
2004Zapus 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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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

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.

G. Zapus Coues 1876
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Zapus adamsi Hibbard 1955
Zapus burti Hibbard 1941
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 [meadow jumping mouse]
Zapus princeps Allen 1893
Zapus rinkeri Hibbard 1951
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
Zapus sykesae Martin 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available