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
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7353072
Sicista strandi
(Formozov, 1931)
.
Folia Zool. Hydrob. Riga, 3:79
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Russia
, Caucasus,
Stavropol Krai
, Karachayevo-Cherkess Region, Karachayevsk District, Uchkulan (Utschkulak), Igera, 2100 meters; shown in Sokolov et al. (1989)
.
DISTRIBUTION: N Caucasus, north to
Kursk District
of S
Russia
; see Sokolov et al. (1989).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1989) distinguished this species from
S.
betulina
primarily by its different karyotype.
Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987)
tentatively listed
S. strandi
as a separate species, a hypothesis provisionally followed here. Further documentation and incorporation of other character sets is essential in order to assess whether or not
strandi
should be included in
S. betulina
.