Sicista zhetysuica

Cserkész, Fülöp, Almerekova, Kondor, Laczkó, & Sramkó, 2019

Zhetysu 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

Cserkész, T., Fülöp, A., Almerekova, S., Kondor, T., Laczkó, L. and Sramkó, G. 2019-03. Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of birch mice (genus Sicista, family Sminthidae, Rodentia) in the Kazak Cradle with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 26(1):147-163.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-017-9409-6

Original name as described

Sicista zhetysuica

Type material

HNHM 25736

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rudnichny village, Kokcy-valley, Zhetysu Alatau (Dzungarian Alatau), Kazakhstan, 44° 41'N, 78°56'E, 1310 m asl.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Cserkész, T., Fülöp, A., Almerekova, S., Kondor, T., Laczkó, L., & Sramkó, G. (2019). Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of birch mice (genus Sicista, family Sminthidae, Rodentia) in the Kazak Cradle with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 26(1), 147-163.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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