Birch mouse

Taxobox
name = Birch mice

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Dipodoidea
familia = Dipodidae
subfamilia = Sicistinae
subfamilia_authority = Allen, 1901
genus = "Sicista"
genus_authority = Gray, 1827
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Sicista armenica"
"Sicista betulina"
"Sicista caucasica"
"Sicista caudata"
"Sicista concolor"
"Sicista kazbegica"
"Sicista kluchorica"
"Sicista napaea"
"Sicista pseudonapaea"
"Sicista severtzovi"
"Sicista strandi"
"Sicista subtilis"
"Sicista tianshanica"

Birch mice (Genus "Sicista") are small jumping desert rodents that resemble mice with a long tufted tail and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps. All variants possess a long tail of 6.5 to 11 centimeters of length and weigh about 6 to 14 grams. The head length lies between 5 and 9 cm. The skin color is light brown or dark-brown to brownish yellow on the upper side and paler on the underside, but generally brownish.

pecies

* Armenian Birch Mouse, "Sicista armenica"
* Northern Birch Mouse, "Sicista betulina"
* Caucasian Birch Mouse, "Sicista caucasica"
* Long-tailed Birch Mouse, "Sicista caudata"
* Chinese Birch Mouse, "Sicista concolor"
* Kazbeg Birch Mouse, "Sicista kazbegica"
* Kluchor Birch Mouse, "Sicista kluchorica"
* Altai Birch Mouse, "Sicista napaea"
* Gray Birch Mouse, "Sicista pseudonapaea"
* Severtzov's Birch Mouse, "Sicista severtzovi"
* Strand's Birch Mouse, "Sicista strandi"
* Southern Birch Mouse, "Sicista subtilis"
* Tien Shan Birch Mouse, "Sicista tianshanica"

References

*Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.