Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925

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Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925

Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1925: 584.

Type Locality: Russia, N Caucasus, Krasnodarskiy Kray (Kuban Prov.), Maykop (Maikop) District, 7000-9000 feet.

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Birch Mouse.

Distribution: NE Turkey (E Black Sea Mtns; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001) and NW Caucasus (see Sokolov et al., 1987 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1981 b, 1987 b) gave karyological and morphological characters that distinguished this species from S. kluchorica and S. concolor , S. armenica ( Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988) , and S. kazbegika ( Sokolov et al., 1986 b) . Recognized by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Shenbrot et al. (1995). See also comment under Sicista , and in Corbet (1984:25).