Sicista kazbegica
Sokolov, Baskevich, & Koval'skaya, 1986
Kazbeg 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
Sokolov, V.E., Baskevich, M.I. and Koval'skaya, Yu.M. 1986. _Sicista kazbegica_ sp. n. (Rodentia, Dipodidae) из бассейна верхнего течения реки Терек. Зоологический Журнал 65(6):949-952.
Original name as described
Sicista kazbegica
Type material
ZMMU S-135485
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-135485Type locality
upper reaches of the Terek River, subalpine zone, 2200 m, Suatisi Ravine, 14 km north-west of Kobi, Kazbegi District, central Greater Caucasus, Georgia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Georgia · Russia
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
Endangered
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