Sicista brevicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Dipodoidea

Familia: Sminthidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: Sicista brevicauda

Name

Sicista brevicauda Zhu, Li, Chen & Jiang in Zhu et al., 2025: 931

• Holotype: KIZ 042967 (Field No. XTS2021138), ♀, skin and skull, collected by Kang Luo on 24 June 2021.
• Type locality: “Kurdening Nature Reserve, Mohuer Township, Gongliu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (N43.149°, E82.898°), elevation approximately 1750 m a.s.l. (中国新疆维吾尔自治区伊犁哈萨克自治州巩留县莫乎尔乡库尔德宁自然保护区 in Chinese)”.

References

Primary references

• Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Li, X.-Y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-Z., Wang, H.-J., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-Z. & Jiang, X.-L. 2025. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4): 921–938. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.013 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Short-tailed Birch Mouse