Sicista concolor Büchner 1892

Sicista concolor Büchner 1892, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 35 (3): 107.

Type Locality: China, Gansu, N slope of the mountains of Xining, Guiduisha.

Vernacular Names: Chinese Birch Mouse.

Synonyms: Sicista flavus (True 1894); Sicista leathemi (Thomas 1893); Sicista weigoldi Jacobi 1923 .

Distribution: China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, W Sichuan, and Yunnan (Ma et al., 1987; Wang, 1990, 2003; Zhang et al., 1997; and Zheng and Zhang, 1990); W Kashmir and N Pakistan (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Roberts, 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: S. concolor has been reported from the Chinese provinces of Heilongjinag and Jilin (Yang et al., 1991); the relationship of these populations to S. caudata needs further study. Does not include S. armenica, S. caucasica, S. caudata, S. kazbegica, S. kluchorica, or S. tianshanica; see comments under respective species, under Sicista, and in Corbet (1978 c:149, 1984:25). For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).