ZAPODIDAE, Coues, 1875
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6609503 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6609505 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/787F8798-2C05-FFB9-FDFF-A50A95EF6928 |
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Felipe |
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ZAPODIDAE |
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Family ZAPODIDAE View in CoL
(JUMPING MICE)
• Small rodents with yellowish or reddish fur, long legs, large hindfeet, tails much longer than head-body lengths, and grooved upper incisors.
• 19-26 cm. View Figure
• Holarctic Region. View Figure
• Open and brushy fields and forests.
• 3 genera, 5 species, 33 axa.
• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
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