Sicista armenica Sokolov and Baskevich 1988

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 871-893 : 887

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Sicista armenica Sokolov and Baskevich 1988 View in CoL

Sicista armenica Sokolov and Baskevich 1988 View in CoL , Zool. Zh., 67 (2): 301.

Type Locality: NW Armyanskaya, Malyy Kavkaz, Pazdanskiy Region, Pambakskiy Range, near Ankavan, head of Marmarik River, subalpine zone, 2200 m.

Vernacular Names: Armenian Birch Mouse.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Sokolov and Baskevich (1988) presented karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished S. armenica from S. caucasica , S. kluchorica , and S. kazbegica . See also comment under Sicista . Recognized by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995).

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., 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).