Caucasian birch mouse

Caucasian Birch Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: S. caucasica
Binomial name
Sicista caucasica
Vinogradov, 1925

The Caucasian Birch Mouse (Sicista caucasica) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family, that is endemic to Russia.

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K., Bukhnikashvili, A. & Shenbrot, G. (2008). Sicista caucasica. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 17 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable