Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903

Sicista tianshanica Salensky 1903, Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Akad. Nauk, 8: 17.

Type Locality: China, Xinjiang, S slope Tien Shan Mtns, between Kapchagay (Chapzagai-gol) and Tsaima (Zanma) Rivers.

Vernacular Names: Tien Shan Birch Mouse.

Distribution: Tien Shan Mtns of Kazakhstan (see Sludskii, 1977); Tien Shan Mtns and E Tarbagatay Mtns of Xinjiang, China (see Ma et al., 1987; Wang, 2003); see overall distribution map in Shenbrot et al. (1995).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987 b) and Sokolov and Kovalskaya (1990) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguish this species from S. caudata, and from S. concolor (Sokolov et al., 1980) . See also comment under Sicista . Listed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) and Shenbrot et al. (1995).