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Meadow Jumping Mouse

Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei)

Prebles Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei)

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Open encyclopedia reference

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. 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.

Wikipedia contributors, Meadow jumping mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:41:03.044743+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780)
Name authority
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Common name
Meadow Jumping Mouse
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Dipodidae
Genus
Zapus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
  13. superfamilyDipodoidea Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
  14. familyDipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
  15. subfamilyZapodinae Coues, 1875
  16. genusZapus Coues, 1875
  17. speciesZapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Zapus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Western Jumping MouseZapus princeps J. A. Allen, 1893DipodidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pacific Jumping MouseZapus trinotatus Rhoads, 1895DipodidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 43 records assigned to Dipodidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Dipus canadensis Davies, 1798 Davies, 1798synonym
Dipus labradorius Kerr, 1792 Kerr, 1792synonym
Zapus luteus Miller, 1911 Miller, 1911synonym
Zapus tenellus Merriam, 1897 Merriam, 1897synonym
Zapus hudsonius brevipes Bole & Moulthrop, 1942 Bole & Moulthrop, 1942synonym
Zapus hudsonius hardyi Batchelder, 1899 Batchelder, 1899synonym
Zapus hudsonius intermedius Krutzsch, 1954 Krutzsch, 1954synonym
Zapus hudsonius ladas Bangs, 1899 Bangs, 1899synonym
Zapus hudsonius luteus Miller, 1911 Miller, 1911synonym
Zapus hudsonius ontarioensis Anderson, 1943 Anderson, 1943synonym
Zapus hudsonius pallidus Cockrum & Baker, 1950 Cockrum & Baker, 1950synonym
Zapus hudsonius preblei Krutzsch, 1954 Krutzsch, 1954synonym
Zapus luteus australis Bailey, 1913 Bailey, 1913synonym
Meriones acadicus Dawson, 1856 Dawson, 1856synonym
Dipus americanus Barton, 1799 Barton, 1799synonym
Zapus hudsonius alascensis Merriam, 1897 Merriam, 1897synonym
Zapus hudsonius rafinesquei Bole & Moulthrop, 1942 Bole & Moulthrop, 1942synonym
Meriones microcephalus Harlan, 1839 Harlan, 1839synonym
Zapus hudsonius campestris Preble, 1899 Preble, 1899synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

North America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180386 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5CX7B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.