†Sicista wangi Qiu and Storch 2000 (birch mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229
Belongs to Sicista according to Z. Qiu and G. Storch 2000
Sister taxa: Sicista praeloriger, Sicista subtilis
Type specimen: IVVP V11930, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.). Its type locality is Bilike, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Bilike
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