Zapus trinotatus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,751 meters (0 to 5,745 feet).[1]

Ecology: Pacific jumping mice utilize several habitat types , depending on the location within its range . Coastal populations are mostly found in marshy or riparian areas within redwood and Douglas fir forests . Inland montane habitats include dense forests, riparian areas and alpine meadows. Densest populations are found in areas where annual rainfall exceeds 30 cm (Gannon 1988). This species is nocturnal and crepuscular and hibernates for up to six months of the year, depending on ambient temperature . Primarily grainivorous but may also feed on fruit, insects, mollusks and fish (Gannon 1988).
Nests are built in burrows below ground , as deep as 76 cm below the surface. Burrows are often connected at a central chamber (Gannon 1999). (Ref. 314250).

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Rhoads, Samuel N. Contributions ot the zoology of Tennessee. No. 1, Amphibians and Reptiles . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1895: 376-407, 1895.

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2002

Z. trinotatus and Z. princeps formerly were considered conspecific by some authors ; they were regarded as separate species by Baker et al. (2003) and Holden and Musser (in Wilson and Reeder 2005).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Zapus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

Z. hudsonius (Jumping Mouse) · Z. hudsonius alascensis (Alaska Jumping Mouse) · Z. hudsonius campestris (Bear Lodge Meadow Jumping Mouse) · Z. hudsonius hudsonius (Meadow Jumping Mouse) · Z. hudsonius luteus (Meadow Jumping Mouse) · Z. hudsonius preblei (Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse) · Z. princeps (Pacific Jumping Mouse) · Z. princeps oregonus (Big Jumping Mouse) · Z. princeps princeps (Western Jumping Mouse) · Z. trinotatus (Point Reyes Jumping Mouse) · Z. trinotatus orarius (Pacific Jumping Mouse) · Z. trinotatus trinotatus (Pacific Jumping Mouse)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 351, p. 664.
• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 326, p. 326, p. 717, p. 717.
• A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 342, p. 343.
• A list of mammals obtained by Edmund Heller, collector for the museum, from the coast region of northern California and Oregon, by D. G. Elliot. 3 1903 Chicago, 1903. url p. 191.
• A list of the land and sea mammals of North America north of Mexico. Supplement to the synopsis. By D.G. Elliot. 2 1901 Chicago, 1901. url p. 503.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., inc.[c1935] url p. 385.
• A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... 2 1901 Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. url p. 261.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 282, p. 434, p. 627.
• California mammals / San Diego, Ca.: West Coast Pub. Co., 1906. url , , .
• California mammals / by Frank Stephens; illustrated by W. J. Fenn from studies in the field. San Diego, Calif.: West Coast Pub. Co., 1906. url p. 175, p. 298, p. 311.
• Catalogue of type specimens of mammals in Chicago Natural History Museum [by] Colin Campbell Sanborn. 32 1947 [Chicago]1947. url p. 265.
• Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 462.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 282.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1965 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 11, p. 12.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 516.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 231, p. 233, p. 234, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 31, p. 32, p. 410, p. 411, p. 415.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 342, p. 434.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 104, p. 104, p. 223.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 342, p. 397, p. 434.
• Provincial Museum of Natural History and Enthnology. Victoria, B.C., Printed by Richard Wolfenden, 1909. url p. 18.
• Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 326, p. 717.
• Results of a biological survey of mount Shasta, California, by C. Hart Merriam, chief of Divison of Biological Survey. Washington, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Div. of Biological Survey: 1899. url p. 74.
• Revision of the jumping mice of the genus Zapus. By Edward A. Preble. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1899. url p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 32.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 50 1908 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 558, p. 92, Index.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 167, p. 167.
• Systematics and biology of the woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis Urbana, University of Illinois Press[1972] url p. 11.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , p. 153, p. 154, p. 47, p. 48, p. 532, p. 534, p. 539.
• The families and genera of living rodents / by J.R. Ellerman; with a list of named forms (1758-1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C.Holt. London: British Museum, 1940. url p. 573.
• The mammals and life zones of Oregon. By Vernon Bailey. Washington[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1936. url p. 231, p. 232, p. 410, p. 411, p. 415.
• Timber management: a programmatic environmental analysis record for BLM-administered lands in western Oregon / Office, 1974 url p. 70.
• University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 229, p. 285, p. 396.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 7 1954 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 351, p. 361, p. 366, p. 369, p. 370, p. 371, p. 371, p. 372, figs. 35-37, page 373, p. 374, figs. 38-43, page 375, p. 380, p. 382, p. 384, p. 385, fig. 45, page 386, p. 387, p. 392, p. 412, p. 625, p. 632, p. 639, p. 641, p. 642, p. 648.
• Washington State Coastal Zone Management Program amendment no. 3: approval of the Grays Harbor estuary management plan: program draft environmental impact statement. [Olympia, Wash.?]: Grays Harbor Regional Planning Commission; 1983. url p. 10.
• World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 145.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Hafner, D.J. & Yensen, E. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. 2008. Zapus trinotatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110174
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180388
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180388
• IUCN ID: 249562
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFH01030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178775

Footnotes

1. Mean = 660.100 meters (2,165.682 feet), Standard Deviation = 515.080 based on 305 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. 2008. Zapus trinotatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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