Long-tailed Birch Mouse

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iLong-Tailed Birch Mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Superfamily: Dipodoidea
Family: Zapodidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: S. caudata
Binomial name
Sicista caudata
Thomas, 1907

Sicista caudata, also known as the Long-Tailed Birch Mouse or Chinese Birch Mouse, is a species of jumping mouse found in Northeast Asia. It has been reported from the Ussuri region of Manchuria, Sakhalin Island and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and northern North Korea. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN.[1]

Sicista caudata favors riversides and wetlands, but is also found in cultivated land.

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  1. ^ Species Profile: Sicista caudata. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.

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