Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903

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 : 890

Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903

Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903 , Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Akad. Nauk, 8: 17.

Type Locality: China, Xinjiang, S slope Tien Shan Mtns, between Kapchagay (Chapzagai-gol) and Tsaima (Zanma) Rivers.

Vernacular Names: Tien Shan Birch Mouse.

Distribution: Tien Shan Mtns of Kazakhstan (see Sludskii, 1977); Tien Shan Mtns and E Tarbagatay Mtns of Xinjiang, China (see Ma et al., 1987; Wang, 2003); see overall distribution map in Shenbrot et al. (1995).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987 b) and Sokolov and Kovalskaya (1990) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguish this species from S. caudata , and from S. concolor (Sokolov et al., 1980) . See also comment under Sicista . Listed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995).