Kazbeg Birch Mouse

Kazbeg Birch Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: S. kazbegica
Binomial name
Sicista kazbegica
Sokolov, Baskevich & Kovalskaya, 1986

The Kazbeg Birch Mouse (Sicista kazbegica) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is found in Georgia and Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

  1. ^ Bukhnikashvili, A. & Shenbrot, G. (2008). Sicista kazbegica. 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 endangered