Taxonomy Profile: Sicista (Gray 1827)

Sicista: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Sminthus
Nordmann 1840
Common Name(s):
Birch Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sicista: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Dipodidae
jumping mice |
birch mice |
Jerboas |
Subfamily : Sicistinae
Genus : Sicista
Birch Mice |
Sicista Direct Children(s):
Sicista armenica
(Sokolov and Baskevich 1988)
Sicista betulina
(Pallas 1779)
Sicista caucasica
(Vinogradov 1925)
Sicista caudata
(Thomas 1907)
Sicista concolor
(Büchner 1892)
Sicista kazbegica
(Sokolov Baskevich and Kovalskaya 1986)
Sicista kluchorica
(Sokolov Kovalskaya and Baskevich 1980)
Sicista napaea
(Hollister 1912)
Sicista pseudonapaea
(Strautman 1949)
Sicista severtzovi
(Ognev 1935)
Sicista strandi
(Formozov 1931)
Sicista subtilis
(Pallas 1773)
Sicista tianshanica
(Salensky 1903)
Sicista: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Mary Ellen Holden
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10023
Reference for:
Sicista
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Sicista
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Sicista
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Holden, Mary Ellen, and Guy G. Musser / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Dipodidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
871-893
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sicista
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Shenbrot, G. I., V. E. Sokolov, V. G. Heptner, and Yu. M. Koval'skaya
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-01-01 / 2008-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Jerboas
Page(s):
xviii + 768
Publisher:
Amerind Publishing Co.
Publication Place:
New Delhi, India
ISBN/ISSN:
5-02-004764-3/
Notes:
Translated from Russian. Robert S. Hoffmann and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Reference for:
Sicista
Sicista: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Sicista: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by Ognev (1963b). Karyological research and systematic problems in the genus reviewed by Sokolov et al. (1987b). Several species in the S. concolor complex (S. armenica, S. caucasica, S. caudata, S. kazbegica, S. kluchorica, S. tianshanica) have been distinguished by Sokolov and colleagues primarily by karyotypic and spermatozoal differences (Baskevich, 1996a, provides the most current summary of the morphological, chromosomal, and spermatozoal traits used to distinguish these spec...