Home/Species/ Oregon Jumping Mouse

Zapus oregonus

Preble, 1899

Oregon Jumping Mouse

GNRUnranked Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1259388

Element CodeAMAFH01060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassMammalia

OrderRodentia

FamilyZapodidae

GenusZapus

Concept Reference

Malaney, J. L., J. R. Demboski, and J. A. Cook. 2017. Integrative species delimitation of the widespread North American jumping mice (Zapodinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114:137-152.

Taxonomic Comments

Following the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM 2024) and Malaney et al. (2017), Zapus oreganus is recognized as a full species. Malaney et al. (2017) used spatial, genetic, and ecological divergence to redefine the Zapus princeps species complex. ASM recognizes three subspecies: oregonus, cinereus, and curtatus. The names major, nevadensis, and palatinus are tentatively considered to represent this species, although this has not been investigated using individuals from the type localities of each taxon (ASM 2024). Moved from Dipodidae to Zapodidae by Lebedev et al. (2012).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Western jumping mice are found in high mountain meadows and riparian streamsides and marshes with a dense cover of tall grasses and herbs (Wilson and Ruff 1999).

Terrestrial Habitats

Grassland/herbaceous

Palustrine Habitats

HERBACEOUS WETLANDRiparian

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Oregon	S4	Yes
Nevada	S2	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (2)

Nevada (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bunker Hill	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	27,569
Toiyabe Range	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	99,225

References (4)

American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). 2025. Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.13) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10595931. Online. Available: https://www.mammaldiversity.org/
Lebedev, V. S., A. A. Bannikova, M. Pagès, J. Pisano, J. R. Michaux, and G. I. Shenbrot. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology-based hypotheses. Zoologica Scripta 42(3):231–249.
Malaney, J. L., J. R. Demboski, and J. A. Cook. 2017. Integrative species delimitation of the widespread North American jumping mice (Zapodinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114:137-152.
Wilson, D. E., and S. Ruff. 1999. The Smithsonian book of North American mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 750 pp.