Sicista armenica

Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988

Armenian Birch Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Sminthidae
Genus : Sicista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sokolov, V.E. and Baskevich, M.I. 1988. Новый вид одноцветных мышовок (Rodentia, Dipodoidea) с Малого Кавказа СССР. Зоологический Журнал 67(2):300-304.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/sic_armenica.pdf

Original name as described

Sicista armenica

Type material

ZMMU S-141447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-141447

Type locality

2200 m, subalpine zone, upper reaches of Marmarik River, near Ankavan, Pambakskiy Ridge, Lesser Caucasus, north-central Armenia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Armenia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dipodidae to Sminthidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001997

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sicista armenica

Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

armenica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-141447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-141447

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

  1. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20185/22204773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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