Sicista zhetysuica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipodoidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Dipodoidea

Familia: Sminthidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: Sicista zhetysuica

Name

Sicista zhetysuica Cserkész, Fülöp, Almerekova, Kondor, Laczkó & Sramkó, 2019: 160

• 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”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Zhetysu Birch Mouse