Northern Birch Mouse
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 Sicista betulina
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| Sicista betulina Pallas, 1779]] |
The Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina) is a a small rodent about 5 to 8 cm long (without the tail), weighing 4.5 to 13 g. It lives in Siberia in forest and marsh zones.
It hibernates in underground burrows. It eats shoots, grains, berries, and sometimes insects.
[edit] References
- Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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