Eozapus Preble 1899 (jumping mouse)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Synonym: Protozapus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
Parent taxon: Zapodidae according to F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson 1970
Sister taxa: Elymys, Javazapus, Macrognathomys, Megasminthus, Miosicista, Napaeozapus, Plesiosminthus, Pliozapus, Schaubeumys, Sicista, Simiacritomys, Sminthozapus, Tyrannomys, Zapus
Subtaxa: Eozapus setchuanus, Eozapus similis, Protozapus intermedius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore