Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925

Sicista caucasica Vinogradov 1925, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1925: 584.

Type Locality: Russia, N Caucasus, Krasnodarskiy Kray (Kuban Prov.), Maykop (Maikop) District, 7000-9000 feet.

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Birch Mouse.

Distribution: NE Turkey (E Black Sea Mtns; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001) and NW Caucasus (see Sokolov et al., 1987 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Sokolov et al. (1981 b, 1987 b) gave karyological and morphological characters that distinguished this species from S. kluchorica and S. concolor, S. armenica (Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988), and S. kazbegika (Sokolov et al., 1986 b) . Recognized by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998) and reviewed by Shenbrot et al. (1995). See also comment under Sicista, and in Corbet (1984:25).