Sicista concolor

(Büchner, 1892)

Chinese 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

Büchner, E. 1892-09. Über eine neue Sminthus-Art aus China. Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg 13(2):267-271.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008481

Original name as described

Sminthus concolor

Other common names

Gansu Birch Mouse · Kashmir Birch Mouse · Sichuan Birch Mouse

Type material

ZIN S. 2797

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Guiduisha, N slope of Xining (= Sining) mountains, Gansu, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. leathemi and S. weigoldi; 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. · Deng, Y., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Wang, J., Liu, S., ... & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Sicista concolor group (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sicistidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1197-1211. · Liu YX, Peng BQ, Wang XM, Liao R, Pan X, Liu SY (2025) The list of the mammals in Xizang added a new family-Sicistidae. Acta Theriologica Sinica. https://doi.org/10.16829/j.slxb.151005

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002001

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.

Sminthus concolor

(Büchner, 1892)

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2797

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008481

Authority publication

Mélanges biologiques tirés du Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Büchner (1892:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68990)
  2. Büchner (1894:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57676393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68988)

Sicista concolor

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:563, 564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Holden (1993:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69023)
  5. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20188/115157138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  12. Deng, Liu, Wang, Li, Wang, Liu, Liao, Liu & Chen (2025:1207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69961)

Sicista concolor concolor

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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