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--> SUBFAMILY Sicistinae
--> GENUS Sicista
SPECIES Sicista concolor
Author: | Büchner, 1892. | Citation: | Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 35(3): 107. | Common Name: | Chinese Birch Mouse | Type Locality: | China, Gansu, N slope of the mountains of Xining, Guiduisha. | Distribution: | China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, W Sichuan, and Yunnan (Ma et al., 1987; Wang, 1990, 2003; Zhang et al., 1997; and Zheng and Zhang, 1990); W Kashmir and N Pakistan (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Roberts, 1997). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | S. concolor has been reported from the Chinese provinces of Heilongjinag and Jilin (Yang et al., 1991); the relationship of these populations to S. caudata needs further study. Does not include S. armenica, S. caucasica, S. caudata, S. kazbegica, S. kluchorica, or S. tianshanica; see comments under respective species, under Sicista, and in Corbet (1978c:149, 1984:25). For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
flavus (True, 1894) leathemi (Thomas, 1893) weigoldi Jacobi, 1923
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