Sicista tianshanica (Salensky, 1903) . Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Akad. Nauk, 8: 17.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Xinjiang, S slope Tien Shan Mtns, between Kapchagay (Chapzagaigol) and Tsaima (Zanma) Rivers .

DISTRIBUTION: Tien Shan Mtns of Kazakhstan (see Sludskii, 1977); Tien Shan Mtns and E Tarbagatay Mtns of Xinjiang, China (see Ma et al., 1987).

COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987b) and Sokolov and Kovalskaya (1990) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished this species from S. caudata, and from S. concolor (Sokolov et al., 1980) . See also comment under Sicista .