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

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Sinkiang, S. slope Tien Shan Mtns., between Khapchagai-gol and Tsaima Rivers .

DISTRIBUTION: Tien Shan Mtns. (U.S. S.R., China).

COMMENT: Corbet, 1978:149, included tianshanica in concolor; see Sokolov et al., 1980:38, for evidence of specific distinctness.