Kazbeg birch mouse

Kazbeg birch mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dipodidae
Genus: Sicista
Species: S. kazbegica
Binomial name
Sicista kazbegica
Sokolov, Baskevich & Kovalskaya, 1986

The Kazbeg birch mouse (Sicista kazbegica) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Georgia and Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

  1. Bukhnikashvili, A. & Shenbrot, G. (2008). "Sicista kazbegica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered
  • Holden, M.E.; Musser, G.G. (2005). "Family Dipodidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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