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Zapodidae
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<h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p>Formerly classified in the subfamily Zapodinae alongside the <a href="/facts/Birch_mouse/fe6S0EAS">birch mice</a> and <a href="/facts/Jerboa/XXxbnnac">jerboas</a> within the greater family <a href="/facts/Dipodidae/AjDqUayt">Dipodidae</a>, phylogenetic analysis has found the jumping mice, birch mice, and jerboas to each form their own family, with Dipodidae being restricted to the jerboas. All three families are thought to belong to the greater superfamily <a href="/facts/Dipodoidea/AjDqUayt">Dipodoidea</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="classification">Classification</h2> <p>There are 11 recent species listed by the <a href="/facts/American_Society_of_Mammalogists/S7n5NIF8">American Society of Mammalogists</a> as of 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Family Zapodidae, jumping mice </p> <ul><li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Eozapus/h5CxqUR5">Eozapus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Chinese_jumping_mouse/h5CxqUR5">Chinese jumping mouse</a>, <i>Eozapus setchuanus</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Napaeozapus/AesbCYXI">Napaeozapus</a></i> <ul><li>Western woodland jumping mouse, <i>Napaeozapus abietorum</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Woodland_jumping_mouse/AesbCYXI">Eastern woodland jumping mouse</a>, <i>Napaeozapus insignis</i></li></ul></li> <li>Genus <i><a href="/facts/Zapus/lkdIr9d5">Zapus</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Meadow_jumping_mouse/rXz22p7z">Northern meadow jumping mouse</a>, <i>Zapus hudsonius</i></li> <li>Southern meadow jumping mouse, <i>Zapus luteus</i></li> <li>Central Pacific jumping mouse, <i>Zapus montanus</i></li> <li>Oregon jumping mouse, <i>Zapus oregonus</i></li> <li>South Pacific jumping mouse, <i>Zapus pacificus</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Western_jumping_mouse/W3UgHpuF">Southwestern jumping mouse</a>, <i>Zapus princeps</i></li> <li>Northwestern jumping mouse, <i>Zapus saltator</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pacific_jumping_mouse/w0RwU18e">North Pacific jumping mouse</a>, <i>Zapus trinotatus</i></li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Fossil genera</h3> <p>In addition, four fossil genera are also definitively known:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Genus †<i>Javazapus</i></li> <li>Genus †<i>Pliozapus</i></li> <li>Genus †<i>Sinozapus</i></li> <li>Genus †<i>Sminthozapus</i></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hopping_mouse/qGTlh3j5">Hopping mouse</a>: a <a href="/facts/Muridae/tuEmkAS4">murid</a> rodent native to Australia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerboa/XXxbnnac">Jerboa</a>: a related desert-dwelling <a href="/facts/Dipodid/AjDqUayt">dipodid</a> rodent native to northern Africa and Asia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kangaroo_mouse/UBtN6IuG">Kangaroo mouse</a> and <a href="/facts/Kangaroo_rat/XxeWx3LT">kangaroo rat</a>: <a href="/facts/Heteromyid/hsrDzAYT">heteromyid</a> rodents of North America</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kultarr/9d6dH8Me">Kultarr</a>: an unrelated <a href="/facts/Marsupial/zN5s4bMq">marsupial</a> with a similar body plan and coloration; an example of <a href="/facts/Convergent_evolution/dd0L8z4R">convergence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Springhare/aWIXj3zC">Springhare</a>: a <a href="/facts/Pedetid/VTREdHlh">pedetid</a> rodent native to southern and eastern Africa</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jumping-Mouse". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 554. <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_domain</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Lebedev, Vladimir S.; Bannikova, Anna A.; Pagès, Marie; Pisano, Julie; Michaux, Johan R.; Shenbrot, Georgy I. (2013). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology-based hypotheses". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (3): 231–249. doi:10.1111/zsc.12002. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 86686066. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12002" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12002</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, retrieved 2021-09-27 <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/5175993" target="_blank">https://zenodo.org/record/5175993</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Zapodinae". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-02. <a href="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12900077" target="_blank">http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12900077</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Fossilworks: Zapodidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02. <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41700" target="_blank">https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41700</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02. <a href="https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3240628.html" target="_blank">https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3240628.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>