Preble?s Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) in Wyoming: status report, July 2001

Authors(s): G. P. Beauvais

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Publication Date: 0000-00-00

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Location: Laramie WY

Abstract: Preble?s mouse in Wyoming - July 2001 MANAGEMENT STATUS On 13 May 1998, the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Preble?s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, as amended (U.S. Department of the Interior 1998). On 22 May 2001, the same agency issued a special rule allowing incidental take of Z. h. preblei as a consequence of certain types of rodent control, agricultural activity, landscape maintenance, and water management (U.S. Department of the Interior 2001). To date there has been no official recovery plan established for this subspecies. Because status as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act takes precedence over other federal agency status, neither the USDI Bureau of Land Management nor the USDA Forest Service confer special status on Z. h. preblei at this time. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department also confers no special status on this subspecies. The Wyoming Natural Diversity Database at the University of Wyoming (WYNDD) uses a three-rank system to denote the biological status of Z. h. preblei: G5 (the full species Z. hudsonius is secure across its entire range); T2 (the subspecies Z. h. preblei is imperiled across its entire range); S1 (the subspecies Z. h. preblei is critically imperiled within Wyoming). Due to the recent increase in the number of documented locations of Z. h. preblei in Wyoming, the latter rank will likely be upgraded to S2 within the next few months.

Keywords: animal, mammal, rodent, Rodentia, Preble's mouse, Muridae, mouse, jumping mouse, Zapus hudsonius preblei, Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, US Fish and Wildlife Service, management, human activity, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, University of Wyoming, Wyoming