Sicista Gray 1827

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

Sicista Gray 1827

Sicista Gray 1827 , in: Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, Vol. 5: 228.

Type Species: Mus subtilis Pallas 1773

Synonyms: Clonomys Thilesius 1850 ; Sminthus Nordmann 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 13 species:

Species Sicista armenica Sokolov and Baskevich 1988

Species Sicista betulina (Pallas 1779)

Species Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925

Species Sicista caudata Thomas 1907

Species Sicista concolor Büchner 1892

Species Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya 1986

Species Sicista kluchorica Sokolov, Kovalskaya, and Baskevich 1980

Species Sicista napaea Hollister 1912

Species Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman 1949

Species Sicista severtzovi Ognev 1935

Species Sicista strandi Formozov 1931

Species Sicista subtilis (Pallas 1773)

Species Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903

Discussion: Reviewed by Ognev (1963 b). Karyological research and systematic problems in the genus reviewed by Sokolov et al. (1987 b). Several species in the S. concolor complex ( S. armenica , S. caucasica , S. caudata , S. kazbegica , S. kluchorica , S. tianshanica ) have been distinguished by Sokolov and colleagues primarily by karyotypic and spermatozoal differences ( Baskevich, 1996 a, provides the most current summary of the morphological, chromosomal, and spermatozoal traits used to distinguish these species). All these species are provisionally recognized here, but need further documentation and corroborative data sets to firmly establish their specific status. Diagnoses, characteristics, distribution, geographical variation, ecology, and economic importance of species in Russia and adjacent regions extensively reviewed by Shenbrot et al. (1995). Myology, in context of adaptive and phylogenetic significance, studied by Klingener (1964) and Stein (1990). Comparative myology of pelvic girdle studied by Fokin (1971). European late Pliocene and Pleistocene records of Sicista reviewed by Kowalski (2001). For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).