SASKATCHEWAN: Wingard, near Carlton House, 2 (USBS); Fort Carlton, 1 (MVZ); Indian Head, 2 (USBS); Cypress Hills, N Maple Creek, 18 (NMC); _Battle Creek_, 1 (NMC).
SOUTH DAKOTA: _Day Co._: Webster, 1 (Chic. AS).
_Marginal records._--Saskatchewan: Wingard, near Carlton House; Fort Carlton. Manitoba: Shoal Lake; Aweme. North Dakota: Larimore; 4 mi. S Blackner. South Dakota: Webster. North Dakota: Oakes; Grinnell. Montana: Eagle Creek, 25 mi. SE Big Sandy. Alberta: High River; Kananaskis Valley, 2000 ft.; Red Deer River; Blindman River; 4 mi. N Marinville.
_Zapus princeps oregonus_ Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, 15:24, August 8, 1899.
_Zapus major_ Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, 15:24, August 8, 1899, type from Warner Mt's, Lake County, Oregon.
_Zapus princeps major_, Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:10, April 10, 1931.
_Zapus nevadensis_ Preble, N. Amer. Fauna, 15:25, August 8, 1899, type from Ruby Mt's, Elko County, Nevada.
_Zapus princeps nevadensis_, Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:10, April 10, 1931.
_Zapus princeps palatinus_ Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 37:8, April 10, 1931, type from Wisconsin Creek, 7800 ft., Toyabe Mt's, Nye County, Nevada.
_Zapus princeps princeps_, Anthony, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 33:17, March 17, 1913.
_Type._--Male, adult, skin and skull; No. 78156, U. S. Nat. Mus. Biol. Surv. Coll.; Elgin, Blue Mountains, Union Co., Oregon; obtained on May 29, 1896, by Edward A. Preble, original No. 959.
_Range._--Southeastern Washington, eastern Oregon east of Cascades, northeastern California, central and northeastern Nevada, and southwestern Idaho. See fig. 46. Zonal range: Transition and Canadian.
_Description._--Size large; back from near Light Ochraceous-Buff to near Cinnamon-Buff, usually overlaid with black hairs forming broad dorsal band, which in some individuals is almost black; sides lighter than back, from near Light Pinkish-Cinnamon to near Cinnamon-Buff and Ochraceous-Buff, often with black hairs interspersed; lateral line faintly marked or wanting; belly pure white; tail bicolored, grayish-brown above and grayish-white to yellowish-white below; ears dark, edged with color of sides; palatal bridge long; interorbital region broad; inferior ramus of zygomatic process of maxillary usually with median projection; auditory bullae relatively small; incisive foramina greatly enlarged posteriorly; tooth-rows divergent anteriorly; nasals narrow posteriorly.
