Sicista armenica Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988
Armenian birch mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1986
Rediscovered in 2015
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Armenia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sokolov V. E. and Baskevich, M. I. 1988. New species of singlecoloured birch mice S. armenica sp. n. (Rodentia, Dipodidae, Sicista) from Lesser Caucasus. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 67(2): 300-304.
Other references:
Baloyan, S., Shenbrot, G. & Bukhnikashvili, A. 2015. Sicista armenica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T20185A78394077. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T20185A78394077.en. Downloaded on 01 February 2018.
Gromov, I.M. and Erbaeva, M.A. 1995. Mammal fauna of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents. Russian Academy of Science, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg.
Rusin, M., Ghazaryan, A., Hayrapetyan, T., Papov, G. and Martynov, A. (2017). Rediscovery of Armenian birch mouse, Sicista armenica (Mammalia, Rodentia, Smithidae). Vestnik zoologii 51(5): 443-446. [Abstract]
Shenbrot, G.I., Sokolov, V.E., Heptner, V.G. and Kovalskaya, Y.M. 1995. Mammals of Russia and adjacent regions. Jerboas and birchmice. Nauka Press, Moscow, Russia.
Sokolov V. E., Baskevich M. I., Kovalskaya Yu. M. 1981. Revision of singlecoloured birch mice of the Caucasus: cryptic species Sicista caucasica Vinogradov and S. kluchorica sp. n. (Rodentia, Dipodoidea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 65(6): 949-952.
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