Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae Author Mary Ellen Holden text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 487 499 book chapter 193480 10.5281/zenodo.7353072 464c8b9e-237c-4dd7-9c94-7033f742d015 1-56098-217-9 7353072 Sicista Gray, 1827 . In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, 5:228 . TYPE SPECIES: Mus subtilis Pallas, 1773 . SYNONYMS: Sminthus (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ). COMMENTS: Reviewed by Ognev (1963b) . Karyological research and systematic problems in the genus reviewed by Sokolov et al. (1987b). Several species in the S. concolor complex ( S. armenica , S. caucasico , S. caudata , S. kazbegica , S. kluchorica , S. tianshanica ) have been distinguished by Sokolov and colleagues primarily by karyotypic and spermatozoal differences. These species are provisionally recognized here, but need further documentation and corroborative data sets to firmly establish their specific status. Myology, in context of adaptive and phylogenetic significance, studied by Klingener (1964) . Comparative myology of pelvic girdle studied by Fokin (1971) .