| Southern Birch Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Sicista |
| Species: | S. subtilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicista subtilis Pallas, 1773 |
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The Southern Birch Mouse (Sicista subtilis) is a species of birch mouse in the family Dipodidae.
The most prominent characteristic of the Southern Birch Mouse is the dark stripe down the center of the back, which is bordered by two narrow bright stripes on both sides. From head to rump it measures from 56 to 72 mm, with a tail from 110 to 130% of the main body length. The background fur color is gray-brown.
The Southern Birch Mouse is found on the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Romania and southern Russia
The Southern Birch Mouse is pronouncedly a steppe dweller. It makes a subterranean burrow in the summer and hibernates.
Th southern birch mouse eats green plants and insects[1]
This page is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the German Wikipedia.