Sicista weigoldi

A. Jacobi, 1923

Sichuan Birch Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Sminthidae
Genus : Sicista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Jacobi, A. 1923. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Walter Stötznerschen Expeditionen nach Szetchwan, Osttibet und Tschili. 2. Teil. Säugetiere. Abhandlungen und Berichte der Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde zu Dresden 16(1):1-22.

Original name as described

Sicista weigoldi

Type material

MTD B5645

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Songpan County, Sichuan Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from S. concolor

Taxonomy notes citation

Deng, Y., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Wang, J., Liu, S., ... & Chen, S. (2025). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Sicista concolor group (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sicistidae) with the description of a new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1197-1211.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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