Sicista loriger

(Nathusius, 1840)

Nordmann's 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

Authority citation

Nordmann, Voy. Demidoff, 5: 49

Original name as described

Sminthus loriger

Type locality

Odessa, Ukraine.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Romania · Ukraine · Russia · Moldova? · Bulgaria?

Taxonomy notes

split from S. subtilis and includes nordmanni; 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, 231–255. · Cserkesz, T., Sramko, G. 2016. An integrative systematic revision of the European southern birth mice (Rodentia: Sminthidae, Sicista subtilis group). Mammal Review. doi: 10.1111/mam.12058. · Rusin, M., Ghazali, M., & Semenikhina, M. (2016). Notes on the nomenclature of Sicista Griffith, 1827 (Rodentia: Sminthidae). Bionomina, 10(1), 55-60.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002004

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 lorigera

M. Rusin, Ghazali, & Semenikhina, 2016

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

lorigera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Bionomina

Sicista loriger

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

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

loriger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110500058/217342618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sminthus loriger

(Nathusius, 1840)

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

loriger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

49

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Sminthus nordmanni

(von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840)

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

nordmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

x, 38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15245641 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15245767

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)

Sicista loriger simplex

M. Kretzoi in Jánossy, 1986

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

simplex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Budapest

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