The Caucasian birch mouse (Sicista caucasica) is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae, that is endemic to Russia. Reports that it occurs in Turkey probably refer to Armenian birch mouse (Sicista armenica), from which it can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype.[1] The Caucasian birch mouse inhabits the Western Montane Caucasus area, land situated between the Black sea and the Caspian sea.[2]
| Caucasian birch mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sminthidae |
| Genus: | Sicista |
| Species: | S. caucasica
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| Binomial name | |
| Sicista caucasica Vinogradov, 1925
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References
edit- ^ a b Shenbrot, G. (2020). "Sicista caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T20186A22204847. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T20186A22204847.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Baskevich, M. I.; Bogdanov, A. S.; Khlyap, L. A. (2018). "Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Sibling-Species Sicista of the Group Caucasica and Their Position in the Genus Sicista (Rodentia, Dipodoidea) according to Sequencing of the IRBP Gene Fragment of Nuclear DNA". Biology Bulletin. 45 (5): 432–437. doi:10.1134/S1062359018050047. S2CID 92603671.
External links
edit- Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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