Sicista betulina
(Pallas, 1779)
Northern 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
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494918 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495160Original name as described
Mus betulinus
Type locality
River terrace characterized by birch tree groves along Ishim River, Barabinsk Steppe, western Siberia, Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Denmark · Germany · Switzerland · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Romania · Poland · Ukraine · Moldova · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · Georgia? · Azerbaijan? · Mongolia · China?
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
Least Concern
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