Sicista caucasica
Vinogradov, 1925
Caucasian 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
Vinogradov, B.S. 1925-07-21. On the structure of the external genitalia in Dipodidae and Zapodidae (Rodentia) as a classificatory character. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925(2):577-585.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1925.tb01528.xOriginal name as described
Sicista caucasica
Type material
ZIN S. 7514
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"from distr. of Maikop, province of Kuban, Northern Caucasus, alt. 7000–9000 ft. [= 2134–2743 m]," Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia · Georgia
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
Near Threatened
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