Severtzov's birch mouse

Severtzov's birch mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sminthidae
Genus:	Sicista
Species:	S. severtzovi
Binomial name
Sicista severtzovi Ognev, 1935

The Severtzov's birch mouse, or dark birch mouse (Sicista severtzovi) is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is endemic to East-European steppes (E Ukraine and S-W Russia).

References

1. Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B.; Zagorodnyuk, I. (2016). "Sicista severtzovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T20192A2729967. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20192A2729967.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

• Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 871–893. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.