Sicista trizona (Frivaldszky, 1865)
Hungarian birch mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sicista subtilis trizona (Frivaldszky, 1865)
Raised to species status by (Cserkész et al., 2016).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1926
Rediscovered on 21 June 2006
Distribution
Hungary & Romania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Frivaldszky, I. (1865). [Characteristic data on the fauna of Hungary]. Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Évkönyvei 11(4), Budapest (in Hungarian).
Other references:
Cserkész, Tamás. (2011). Ecological, taxonomical and conservation biological investigation of Southern Birch Mouse (Sicista subtilis trizona). Doctoral (PhD) dissertation, Eötvös Loránd University.
Cserkész, Tamás and Gubányi, A. (2008). New record of Southern birch mouse, Sicista subtilis trizona in Hungary. Folia Zoologica 57(3): 308-312.
Cserkész, Tamás, Török, H. A., Farkas, J., Bodnár, M. and Seres, N. (2010). Southern birch mouse (Sicista subtilis trizona) action plan. Bükk Mammalogical Society, Eger.
Cserkész, Tamás et al. (2015). Rediscovery of the Hungarian birch mouse (Sicista subtilis trizona) in Transylvania (Romania) with molecular characterisation of its phylogenetic affinities. Mammalia 79(2): 215-224.
Cserkész, Tamás, Rusin, Mikhail and Sramkó, Gábor. (2016). An integrative systematic revision of the European southern birch mice (Rodentia: Sminthidae, Sicista subtilis group). Mammal Review 46(2): 114-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12058