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SUBSPBCIBS OF NAPAEOZAPUS INSIGNIS 



Total^length about_250 (9|); bind foot about 33 



{lr%) N, insignis abietorum 



Total length about 225 (8|) ; hind foot about 30 



(lx%) 

 Colors bright; hind foot usually more than 30 



(li%) N. insignis insignis 



Colors dull; hind foot usually less than 30 (lfB)..N. insignis roanensis 



Napaeozapus insignis abietorum (Preble) Hudsonian woodland 



jumping mouse 

 1899 Zapus (Napaeozapus) insignis- abietorum Preble, North 

 American fauna. 8 Aug. 1899. no. 15, p. 36. (North shore of Lake 

 Superior) 

 Size very large; skull broad between eye sockets. Total length, 250 (9|^) ; 

 tail vertebrae, 160 (6^). (abietorum; Lat., of the firs) 



The northern woodland jumping mouse is confined to the Hudsonian 

 zone of eastern Canada. 



Napaeozapus insignis insignis Miller Northern woodland 

 jumping mouse 



1891 Zapus insignis Miller, American naturalist. Aug. 1891. 25:472. 



(Restigouche river, New Brunswick) 

 1899 Zapus (Napaeozapus) insignis Preble, North American fauna. 



8 Aug. 1899. no. 15, p. 33. 



Size medium; skull narrow between eye sockets; color bright. Total length, 

 235 (9i) ; tail vertebrae, 145 (5|) ; hind foot, 31 ( I/2 ). (insignis; Lat., dis- 

 tinguished) 



The northern woodland jumping mouse is abundant throughout the 

 Canadian forests of the eastern United States and Canada. 



Napaeozapus insignis roanensis (Preble) Mountain woodland 

 jumping mouse 



1899 Z a p u s (Napaeozapus) insignis roanensis Preble, North 

 American fauna. 8 Aug. 1899. no. 15, p. 35. (Roan mountain, N. C.) 



Size small; skull narrow between eye sockets; colors dull. Total length, 220 

 (8i); tail vertebrae, 130 (5i) ; hind foot, 30 (lA). (roanensis;" N. Lat., 

 inhabiting Roan mountain) 



The mountain woodland jumping mouse is at present known from 

 the evergreen forests of Roan mountain only. It probably occurs in the 

 Canadian zone throughout the southern AUeghanies, 



