Sicista zhetysuica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Dipodoidea

Holotype: HNHM 25736, ♂, collected by authors on 31 May 2016.
Type locality: “Rudnichny village, Kokcy-valley, Zhetysu Alatau (Dzungarian Alatau), Kazakhstan, 44° 41'N, 78°56'E, 1310 m above sea level”.

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. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-017-9409-6 Reference page.

Lebedev, V.S., Kovalskaya, Y.M., Solovyeva, E.N., Zemlemerova, E.D., Bannikova, A.A., Rusin, M.Y. & Matrosova, V.A. 2021. Molecular systematics of the Sicista tianschanica species complex: a contribution from historical DNA analysis. PeerJ 9: e10759. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10759 Reference page.

English: Zhetysu Birch Mouse