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Zapodidae

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Description

Zapodinae, the jumping mice, are a subfamily of mouse-like rodents in North America and China.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapodidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240628	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240628
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41700	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41700

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Zapodidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
family	Zapodidae	Coues 1875

Common Name

jumping mouse

Scientific Name

Zapodidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Zapodidae	subfamily	belongs to Dipodidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Zapodidae	family	belongs to Dipodoidea	stated without evidence	Wood, 1958
Zapodidae	family	belongs to Rodentia	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Zapodidae	family	belongs to Dipodoidea	implied	Carroll, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Jumping Mouse

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapodidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sicistinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		57	33.9 Ma Oligocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Aksyiromys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Banyuesminthus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eozapus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Gobiosminthus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Javazapus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Macrognathomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	16.0 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Megasminthus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Miosicista ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Napaeozapus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pliozapus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	13.6 Ma Miocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Primisminthus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Schaubeumys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	30.8 Ma Oligocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Shamosminthus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Sicista genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Birch Mouse	46	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Simiacritomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	40.4 Ma Eocene	40.4 Ma Eocene
Sminthozapus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Tyrannomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Zapus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	4.90 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1875	Zapodidae Coues
1902	Zapodinae Hay p. 732
1958	Zapodidae Wood p. 172
1980	Zapodidae Kurten and Anderson p. 270
1988	Zapodidae Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Wood A. E. (1958) Are there rodent suborders?, Systematic Zoology 7 4, 169-173

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Holden, Mary Ellen, and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Family Dipodidae. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 871-893. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker 82, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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