Armenian Birch Mouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Genus:	Sicista
Species:	S. armenica
Binomial name
Sicista armenica Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988

The Armenian Birch Mouse (Sicista armenica) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is endemic to Armenia. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] 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.

v • d • e Extant species of family Dipodidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Myomorpha · Superfamily: Dipodoidea Sicistinae Sicista (Birch mice) Armenian Birch Mouse (Sicista armenica) · Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina) · Caucasian Birch Mouse (Sicista caucasica) · Chinese Birch Mouse (Sicista caudata) · 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) Zapodinae (Jumping mice) Eozapus Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) Napaeozapus Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) Zapus Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) · Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) · Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus) Allactaginae (Jerboas) Allactaga Subgenus Allactaga: Small Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga elater) · Iranian Jerboa (Allactaga firouzi) · Hotson's Jerboa (Allactaga hotsoni) · Great Jerboa (Allactaga major) · Svertzov's Jerboa (Allactaga severtzovi) · Vinogradov's Jerboa (Allactaga vinogradovi) Subgenus Orientallactaga: Balikun Jerboa (Allactaga balikunica) · Gobi Jerboa (Allactaga bullata) · Mongolian Five-toed Jerboa (Allactaga sibirica) Subgenus Paralactaga: Euphrates Jerboa (Allactaga euphratica) · Williams' Jerboa (Allactga williamsi) Subgenus Scarturus: Four-toed jerboa (Allactaga tetradactyla) Allactodipus Bobrinski's Jerboa (Allactodipus bobrinskii) Pygeretmus Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus) · Dwarf Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio) · Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi) Cardiocraniinae (Jerboas) Cardiocranius Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus) Salpingotulus Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis) Salpingotus Subgenus Anguistodontus: Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) Subgenus Prosalpingotus: Heptner's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri) · Pale Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus pallidus) · Thomas's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus thomasi) Subgenus Salpingotus: Kozlov's Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus kozlovi) Dipodinae (Jerboas) Dipus Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta) Eremodipus Lichtenstein's Jerboa (Eremodipus lichtensteini) Jaculus Blanford's Jerboa (Jaculus blanfordi) · Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) · Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) Stylodipus Andrews's Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus andrewsi) · Mongolian Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus sungorus) · Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa (Stylodipus telum) Paradipus Comb-toed Jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus) Euchoreutinae (Jerboas) Euchoreutes Long-eared Jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) Category

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