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 |
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The Chinese Birch Mouse (Sicista caudata), also known as the Long-tailed Birch Mouse, is a species of jumping mouse found in Northeast Asia.[2] 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. It builds its nest, made of a woven ball of grass, in the crevices of bushes.[3] It eats green plants, berries and seeds.[3]
See also
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- ^ a b Tsytsulina, K. (2008). Sicista caudata. 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 data deficient
- ^ Holden, M. E.; Musser, G. G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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