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<emphasis id="2F01BB309556A24D5ABC5D59655790AD" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
Preble 1899
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<emphasis id="E7563C11446A88EBB013C9A6F7E3ADBF" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0D416E1A421436AA783F5811A25F0C7A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="891">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A53DBB9D32630B205011B2D198D19F2B" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Zapus setchuanus</emphasis>
Pousargues 1896
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<emphasis id="76A7A679BCAD2FDE01CE5BA2055D28B6" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Protozapus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="9CCA1E85B93185DC7A0ABA72F4B69EF2" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="891">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
1 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="752BACE0F2C9598F9FBEE42A14504BEB" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus setchuanus</emphasis>
(Pousargues 1896)
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<emphasis id="812A799753B451ED55513FE0BF38112A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="891">Discussion:</emphasis>
Oldest record is from early Miocene of Mongolia represented by
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<emphasis id="1E46C7FED9277771C2B0BCDA062FCD70" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. prosimilis</emphasis>
(Lopatin and Zazhigin, 2000)
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.
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<emphasis id="75EC15AAD4F5F8D78E75F05C695F1834" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus similis</emphasis>
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from late Miocene sediments in
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(Ertemte and Harr Obo, N
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) may be ancestral to living
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<emphasis id="DCFC2BB69DB459524B3429A5494B5C81" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. setchuanus</emphasis>
(
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)
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, and extinct
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<emphasis id="8B989D8038569A31A8E241897A8DC209" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. intermedius</emphasis>
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(type species of
<taxonomicName id="D822097B134CA4E731E90010CE1BFB29" authorityName="Bachmayer and Wilson" authorityYear="1970" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Protozapus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BCF40D8F524248C637ADCD8C284C4613" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Protozapus</emphasis>
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) from late Miocene strata in Europe.
<taxonomicName id="9BEF467077982516BD00F84B2833E0CC" authorityName="Bachmayer and Wilson" authorityYear="1970" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Protozapus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1EFA36000DF721F30E7B335BFA7D3C27" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Protozapus</emphasis>
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, proposed by
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and documented from the late Miocene of Spain,
<collectingCountry id="993351DB6B43489C55158C4E31C2129C" name="Austria">Austria</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="10904D06A972760C511E7EBE7EAB1FD8" name="Poland">Poland</collectingCountry>
(
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. A. Martin, 1994; van de
<bibRefCitation id="668CE8D95B9FC035DA60E3D2358775D9" author="Weerd, A. van der" refId="ref386449" refString="Weerd, A. van der. 1976. Rodent faunas of the Mio-Pliocene continental sediments of the Teruel-Alfambra Region, Spain. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin. Special Publication 2: 1 - 217." year="1976">Weerd, 1976</bibRefCitation>
), has been considered a junior synonym of either
<taxonomicName id="45C225AB552F0BB5948DD61861D21079" authority="(van de Weerd, 1976)" baseAuthorityName="van de Weerd" baseAuthorityYear="1976" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="768ECDE2B06BDBDB7517A2A00E44148C" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
(van de
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)
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="7DF9FFAD034BB42C51C64BF94C7CAD92" authority="(Farjanel and Mein, 1984)" baseAuthorityName="Farjanel and Mein" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Sminthozapus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6580683C1F697B6AFE26F28214EE2FFD" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Sminthozapus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3C12D35456915AC8AE10665F4B1DC24D" author="Farjanel, G. &amp; P. Mein" refId="ref98347" refString="Farjanel, G., and P. Mein. 1984. Une association de mammmiferes et de pollens dans la formation continentale des &quot; Marnes de Bresse &quot; d'age Miocene superieur, a Amberieu (Ain). Geologie de la France, 1 - 2: 131 - 148." year="1984">Farjanel and Mein, 1984</bibRefCitation>
)
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. Van de Weerds allocation of
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<emphasis id="0F8B948C0BB5D8B1116AFF5F3C48591C" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Protozapus</emphasis>
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has been endorsed by
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, who also noted that molar occlusal patterns of Polish
<emphasis id="F3E6DC0193B89A53C2F96C7D59523593" italics="true" pageNumber="891">janossyi</emphasis>
, the type species of
<taxonomicName id="1135A0F4207615DDD5801351CE18684B" authority="(Pliocene)" baseAuthorityName="Pliocene" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Sminthozapus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B13EB1D325EBFD78F8619CC92C94A1E9" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Sminthozapus</emphasis>
(Pliocene)
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, closely resemble those of
<taxonomicName id="F73E860E720B0A2C4AA88EDFC92E1E68" baseAuthorityName="van de Weerd" baseAuthorityYear="1976" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="923010546C5B350448E54CE47D987478" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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, that many late Miocene European samples identified as
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<emphasis id="B08747C414E30807BA4B78173948950E" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Sminthozapus</emphasis>
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are examples of
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<emphasis id="35E276EA5C0A9CA977E818DEB529B016" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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, and that
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<emphasis id="C08741035A9F0A01E5DFE535B7D10D74" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Sminthozapus</emphasis>
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may be another synonym of
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<emphasis id="3B78979038726098FEC35DD2ECF73C4C" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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. Daxner-Höck (1999) followed Fahlbusch and considered European
<taxonomicName id="7C0E37358D219B9E101B54C2BF1A72F3" baseAuthorityName="van de Weerd" baseAuthorityYear="1976" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8922DA0A90D75691BE1166EAF9F65678" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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(containing
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<emphasis id="382B208A87CEA9B1763228467DBF975F" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. intermedius</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="1A4241E648E996BA54F321B0E57DE368" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E</emphasis>
. sp.) to be restricted to the late Miocene, but
<bibRefCitation id="D26F74F4AA99180DB0DC4A7E6EF3BA13" author="Fahlbusch, V. &amp; T. Bolliger" refId="ref97963" refString="Fahlbusch, V., and T. Bolliger. 1996. Eomyids and zapodids (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the middle and upper Miocene of Central and Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Pp. 208 - 212, in The evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene mammal faunas (R. L. Bernor, V. Fahlbusch, and H. - W. Mittmann, eds.). Columbia University Press, New York, 487 pp." year="1996">Fahlbusch and Bolliger (1996)</bibRefCitation>
extended the time range to early Pliocene.
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regarded the early Pliocene
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<emphasis id="FCF408E2EB6B7ADE05AD37FC2566A647" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Sinozapus</emphasis>
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from Nei Mongol sediments to be a sister group to &quot;the
<emphasis id="F4DE175D0126D13C548EFE4A13861FD6" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus-Sminthozapus</emphasis>
complex and not a descendent of the late Miocene
<taxonomicName id="985A42CB8D3087F594CD2C4D3FDE7B8B" authorityName="Fahlbusch" authorityYear="1992" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="A3D529AF680A43A1F2A7A634587FD044" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the same general region.&quot; The significance of these new discoveries and reidentifications is revealed within an evolutionarily and biogeographic context: the extant Chinese
<taxonomicName id="BA87AEA4AD5CA8C52E045DFDFBD81F36" baseAuthorityName="Fahlbusch" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setchuanus">
<emphasis id="A2C3C7915088730CFECBD104A87E35B9" italics="true" pageNumber="891">E. setchuanus</emphasis>
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, which is relictual in its primitive molar morphology and geographic distribution, is the only living representative of a clade containing other species of
<taxonomicName id="DAA82DB539B9325B9EAE4991375D37FA" baseAuthorityName="van de Weerd" baseAuthorityYear="1976" class="Mammalia" family="Dipodidae" genus="Eozapus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C064F34ECD2371AFC353F3303CF176CF" italics="true" pageNumber="891">Eozapus</emphasis>
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that is rooted in the early Miocene of Central Asia and once ranged from Europe to eastern Asia during later Miocene times.
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