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Sicista (birch mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Sicista was named by Gray (1827). It is extant. Its type is Mus subtilis.

It was assigned to Zapodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Sicista Gray
1997Sicista McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyZapodidaeCoues 1875
genusSicistaGray 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sicista Gray 1827 [birch mouse]
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†Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 [southern birch mouse]
†Sicista wangi Qiu and Storch 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Sicista sp., Sicista wangi (75300)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Sicista pliocaenica (40391)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China Sicista sp. (13485)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Sicista praeloriger (35368)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Sicista praeloriger (35428 35431 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Sicista praeloriger (35442 35457 35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Macedonia) Sicista subtilis (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Sicista praeloriger (32145 32194 32195 32198 33973 33974 33975 34009 71662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sicista sp. (35905)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Sicista subtilis (34765)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Sicista sp. (49084)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Sicista subtilis (35045 35047 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Sicista praeloriger (34010) Sicista subtilis (40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) Sicista praeloriger (35463 35464 35465 35466 35467 35468 35469)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Sicista sp. (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Sicista praeloriger (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sicista sp. (49999 50049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Sicista subtilis (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Sicista praeloriger (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Sicista sp. (50258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Sicista subtilis (203847)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) Sicista subtilis (204957)