Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya 1986

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Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya 1986 View in CoL

Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya 1986 View in CoL , Zool. Zh., 65 (6): 949.

Type Locality: Georgia, Kazbegi District, 14 km NW Kobi, Suatisi Gap, upper reaches Terek River, subalpine zone, 2200 m.

Vernacular Names: Kazbeg Birch Mouse.

Distribution: Greater Caucasus: southern flanks in N Ossetia region of Russia, and the Kazbegi District on the northern flanks in Georgia ( Shenbrot et al. 1995; Sokolov and Baskevich, 1992; Sokolov et al., 1986 b, 1987 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1986 b) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished the Georgian population of this species from S. caucasica and S. kluchorica , and S. armenica ( Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988) . Sokolov and Baskevich (1992) reported chromosomal, morphological, and spermatozoal data for a population from the North Ossetia region, which shows some chromosomal differences that they interpreted as simply geographic variation within S. kazbegica . Recognized by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995). See also comment under Sicista .

References

Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp.

Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1998. [Systematics of mammals of the USSR. Addenda. M.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 38: 190 pp. (in Russian).

Shenbrot, G. I., V. E. Sokolov, V. G. Heptner, and Yu. M. Koval'skaya. 1995. [Mammals of the fauna of Russia and contiguous countries. Dipodoid rodents.] Nauka Publishers, Moscow, 576 pp. (in Russian).

Sokolov, V. E., M. I. Baskevich, and Y. M. Kovalskaya. 1986 b. [Sicista kazbegica sp. n. (Rodentia, Dipodidae) from the upper reaches of the Terek River basin]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 65 (6): 949 - 951 (in Russian).

Sokolov, V. E., and M. I. Baskevich. 1988. [A new species of birch mouse- - Sicista armenica sp. n. (Rodentia, Dipodoidea) from the Lesser Caucasus.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 67 (2): 300 - 304 (in Russian).

Sokolov, V. E., and M. I. Baskevich. 1992. [A new chromosomal form of unstriped birch mice of the Caucasus from North Ossetia (Rodentia, Dipodoidea, Sicista).] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 71 (8): 94 - 103 (in Russian with English abstract)

Verts, B. J., and L. N. Carraway. 1987 a. Microtus canicaudus. Mammalian Species, 267: 1 - 4.