Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 871 893 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Sicista napaea Hollister 1912 Sicista napaea Hollister 1912 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 60 (14): 2 . Type Locality: Russia , Altai Krai , Altai Mtns, Seminsk Ridge, Tapuchii (Tapucha). Vernacular Names: Altai Birch Mouse . Distribution: E Kazakhstan and Russia , Altai Krai , NW Altai Mtns; see Kuznetsov (1965) , Sludskii (1977) and Shenbrot et al. (1995) . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1982 , 1987 b ) gave karyological, and spermatozoal characters that distinguished this species from S. pseudonapaea and S. betulina . Listed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995) .