Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman 1949

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 : 889

Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman 1949

Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman 1949 , Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kazakh. SSR, Vol. 5: 109.

Type Locality: E Kazakhstan, Altai Mtns, N slope of Narymskiy Range, Katon-Karagay.

Vernacular Names: Gray Birch Mouse.

Distribution: E Kazakhstan, Taiga of S Altai Mtns; see Kuznetsov (1965), Sludskii (1977), and Shenbrot et al. (1995).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987 b) gave karyological, spermatozoal, and phallic characters that distinguished this species from S. napaea and S. betulina . Sicista pseudonapaea is provisionally recognized here, but requires further documentation, and the inclusion of other data sets, to establish its specific status. Recognized by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995).