Long-tailed Birch Mouse

Chinese Birch Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: S. caudata
Binomial name
Sicista caudata
Thomas, 1907

The Chinese Birch Mouse (Sicista caudata), also known as the Long-tailed 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 data deficient by the IUCN[1].

The Chinese Birch Mouse favors riversides and wetlands, but is also found in cultivated land.

The Chinese Birch Mouse builds it's nest in the crevices of bushes. It's nest is made of a woven ball of grass.[2] It eats green plants, berries and seeds[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tsytsulina, K. (2008). Sicista caudata. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient
  2. ^ a b Andrew T. Smith; Yan Xie (2008). A guide to the mammals of China. Princeton University Press. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=ka-9f68nPT4C&pg=PA207. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 

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