Sicista brevicauda
Z.-X. Zhu, Li Quan, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong in Z.-X. Zhu, Li Quan, Song Wenyu, Li Xueyou, A. Lissovsky, M.-Y. Wang, X.-X. Pei, Luo Kang, Luo Jing, M.-J. Pu, Pu Changzhe, Wang Hongjiao, Liu Zhu, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong, 2025
Short-tailed 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
Authority citation
Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.013Original name as described
Sicista brevicauda
Type material
KIZ 42967
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kurdening Nature Reserve, Mohuer Township, Gongliu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (N43.149°, E82.898°), elevation approximately 1750 m a.s.l. (中国新疆维吾尔自治区伊犁哈萨克自治州巩留县莫乎尔乡库尔德宁自然保护区 in Chinese)."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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