| Strand's birch mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dipodidae |
| Genus: | Sicista |
| Species: | S. strandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicista strandi (Formozov, 1931) | |
Strand's birch mouse (Sicista strandi) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Russia.
The Dipodidae, or dipodids, are a family of rodents found across the Northern Hemisphere, the sole family in the superfamily Dipodoidea. This family includes over 50 species among the 16 genera. They include the jerboas, jumping mice, and birch mice. Different species are found in grassland, deserts, and forests. They are all capable of saltation, a feature that is most highly evolved in the desert-dwelling jerboas.
The long-tailed birch mouse is a species of jumping mouse found in Northeast Asia. 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.
Birch mice are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with a long tufted tail and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps. They are native to Eurasian forests and steppes. All variants possess a long tail of 65 to 110 mm of length and weigh about 6 to 14 g. Head and body length of 50 to 90 mm and hind foot length of 14 to 18 mm. The skin color is light brown or dark-brown to brownish yellow on the upper side and paler on the underside, but generally brownish. Birch mice have a vast geographic distribution in that they inhabit a wide variety of habitats, from semiarid areas to subalpine meadows.
The northern birch mouse is a small rodent about 5 to 8 cm long, weighing 5 to 13 g. It lives in northern Europe and Asia in forest and marsh zones.
The southern birch mouse is a species of birch mouse in the family Dipodidae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Romania, southern Russia and one isolated location in Hungary in the Borsodi Mezőség Protected Landscape Area. The Hungarian subspecies (S. subtilis trizona) is critically endangered and strictly protected. The first living specimen was captured after a 70-year-long hiatus in 2006.
Severtzov's jerboa is an herbivorous species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The Mongolian five-toed jerboa or Siberian jerboa is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan.
Bobrinski's jerboa is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Allactodipus. It is found in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The five-toed pygmy jerboa is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Cardiocranius. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia.
Lichtenstein's jerboa is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Eremodipus. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Heptner's pygmy jerboa is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to temperate deserts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Russia.
The Armenian birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae.
The Caucasian birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae, that is endemic to Russia. Reports that it occurs in Turkey probably refer to Armenian birch mouse, from which it can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype. The Caucasian birch mouse inhabits the Western Montane Caucasus area, land situated between the Black sea and the Caspian sea.
The Kazbeg birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Georgia and Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
The Kluchor birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
The Altai birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to Russia and Kazakhstan.
The gray birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
The Severtzov's birch mouse, or dark birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to East-European steppes.
The Tien Shan birch mouse is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Sicista concolor, the Chinese birch mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to China, India and Pakistan.
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