Zapus Coues 1876 (jumping mouse)
PaleoDB taxon number: 41719
Parent taxon: Zapodidae according to K. L. Seymour 2004
Sister taxa: Aksyiromys, Banyuesminthus, Eozapus, Gobiosminthus, Javazapus, Macrognathomys, Megasminthus, Miosicista, Napaeozapus, Pliozapus, Primisminthus, Schaubeumys, Shamosminthus, Sicista, Sicistinae, Simiacritomys, Sminthozapus, Tyrannomys
Subtaxa: Zapus adamsi, Zapus burti, Zapus hudsonius, Zapus princeps, Zapus rinkeri, Zapus sandersi, Zapus sykesae
Type: Dipus hudsonius
Ecology: saltatorial insectivore