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Zapus trinotatus (Pacific jumping mouse)

Specimen Images | STUDY96A | FW5716 |


Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Zapodidae
Genus Zapus
Species Zapus trinotatus
Common Pacific jumping mouse
Diet herbivorous / granivorous
Habitat meadow / riparian. Near threatened. Smaller range than Z. princeps.
Description

Sides usually darker orange than Z. princeps, otherwise similar. Use range map for species ID.

Skull Characteristics

Coronoid process long, slender, and angles backward (this character is variable and sometimes only on one side of the jaw). Tiny skull, histricomorphous.

Notes

Links to more species information:
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