| The Red List of Kazakhstan |   |
Selevinia betpakdalensis
Selevin's mouse
| Taxonomy | |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates (Chordata) |
| Class | Mammals (Mammalia) |
| Order | Rodents (Rodentia) |
| Family | Selevin's mice (Seleviniidae) |
| Genus | Selevin's mice (Selevinia) |
| Species Authority | Belosludov et Bashanov |
| Information | |
| Summary | Status: rare (Category III), it is endemic to southeastern Kazakstan. It inhabits clayey deserts and semideserts from the Karsakpay and Daryalyk Deserts in the west to the Alakol and Zaisan Lakes region in the east. Currently, scientists are aware of only 40 individuals that were found using nonstandard methods, primarily in the Betpak Dala steppe. This species hibernates in winter. Captive breeding has not been successful. To protect this rare animal it is necessary to forbid the cutting of endemic vegetation in the Betpak Dala steppe. |
If you have comments, remarks, or any other information you would like to see on the site please send them to webmaster.
© by Institute for Zoology and Gene Pool of Animals of National Academy of Scienties of Republic of Kazakhstan, 1996.
All materials are cited from open information sources and presented herein exclusively for informative purposes in accordance with item 2, article 19 of "On intellectual property rights and neighbouring rights" Law of Republic of Kazakhstan.
All rights reserved to their relevant authors and publishers.