Meadow jumping mouse

Meadow jumping mouse
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Zapodidae
Genus: Zapus
Species:
Z. hudsonius
Binomial name
Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Synonyms

Dipus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780)
Sorex dichrurus (Rafinesque, 1833)

The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to the north, and Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico to the south.[2] In mid-2014, the New Mexico subspecies of the meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius luteus, was listed as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Zapus hudsonius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42613A115194664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42613A22203109.en. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ Smith, J. (1999), Zapus Hudsonius: meadow jumping mouse. Animal Diversity Web, retrieved 21 October 2008
  3. ^ Meadow jumping mouse is not ‘resilient’, Albuquerque Journal, July 4, 2014
  4. ^ Jumping mouse declared endangered, Albuquerque Journal, June 11, 2014