Birch mouse
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Birch mice (genus Sicista) are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long, tufted tails and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps. They are the only extant members of the family Sminthidae.[1] They are native to Eurasian forests and steppes. All variants possess a long tail of Script error: No such module "convert". of length and weigh about Script error: No such module "convert".. Head and body length of Script error: No such module "convert". and hind foot length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The animal's skin color is light brown or dark-brown to brownish yellow on the upper side and paler on the underside, but generally brownish.[2] Birch mice have a vast geographic distribution in that they inhabit a wide variety of habitats, from semiarid areas to subalpine meadows.[3] Although they have a diverse region of areas, their molecular and anatomical markers have claimed that Birch mice originated from Central Asia.[4] Birch mice have a systematic of the genus of Sicista, they look at the male reproductive organs and cytogenic data.[5]
Species
Nineteen species are listed by the American Society of Mammalogists as of 2021:[6]
- Armenian birch mouse, Sicista armenica
- Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina
- Caucasian birch mouse, Sicista caucasica
- Long-tailed birch mouse, Sicista caudata
- Tsimlyansk birch mouse, Sicista cimlanica
- Chinese birch mouse, Sicista concolor
- Kazbeg birch mouse, Sicista kazbegica
- Kluchor birch mouse, Sicista kluchorica
- Nordmann's birch mouse, Sicista loriger
- 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
- Talgar birch mouse, Sicista talgarica
- Terskey birch mouse, Sicista terskeica
- Tien Shan birch mouse, Sicista tianshanica
- Hungarian birch mouse, Sicista trizona
- Zhetysu birch mouse, Sicista zhetysuica
Phylogeny
All species of Sicista cluster into five major lineages: S. betulina, S. caucasica, S. caudata, S. tianschanica, and S. concolor.[7]
References
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- ↑ Cserkész, T., Fülöp, A., Almerekova, S. et al. J Mammal Evol (2019) 26: 147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-017-9409-6
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- ↑ Cserkész, T., Rusin, M., & Sramkó, G. (2016). integrative systematic revision of the European southern birch mice (Rodentia: Sminthidae, Sicista subtilis group). Mammal Review, 46(2), 114–130. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12058
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