Southern Birch Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dipodidae
Genus:	Sicista
Species:	S. subtilis
Binomial name
Sicista subtilis Pallas, 1773

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.

[edit] References

• Sicista subtilis 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 12 May 2008.
• 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.
• (German)Macdonald D. : Die Große Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere, Könemann Verlag in der Tandem Verlag GmbH, Königswinter, 2004.
• (German)Detlef Schilling u. a. : BLV Bestimmungsbuch Säugetiere, BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, 1983 ISBN 3-405-12846-3

This page is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the German Wikipedia.

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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