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Long-tailed birch mouse

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The ecology of the long-tailed birch mouse is little known. It hibernates for at least six months during the winter. It builds its nest, made of a woven ball of grass, in crevices or in bushes. Litters usually consist of four to six young. This birch mouse eats green plants, berries but mostly feeds
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The long-tailed birch mouse grows to a length of about 67 mm (2.6 in) with a tail close to twice its body length. The dorsal fur is pale greyish-brown tinged with yellow and along the spine are longer hairs tipped with black forming a vertebral stripe. The flanks are paler yellowish-brown
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The long-tailed birch mouse has a wide range, at least some of which is in protected areas. It is a poorly known species and in general appears to be uncommon, but it may be more plentiful than is currently realised. The population trend is unknown, so the
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The long-tailed birch mouse is native to northeastern China and the Ussuri region of Russia as well as being found on Sakhalin Island. It is found in mountain taiga, in coniferous forest, in mixed forests and on steppe grassland.
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and the underparts greyish creamy-white. The tail is a uniform light yellowish-grey. The
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is widest in the middle, the premolars are large and the back of the skull is rounded.
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on seeds, being chiefly active at night and spending the daytime in a shallow burrow.
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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It has been reported from the 64: 1309:thick-tailed three-toed jerboa 403:A guide to the mammals of China 1: 1681:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas 1301:Mongolian three-toed jerboa 1293:Andrews's three-toed jerboa 1208:northern three-toed jerboa 883:Mongolian five-toed jerboa 1697: 1233:(Eremodipus lichtensteini) 1104:thick-tailed pygmy jerboa 945:greater fat-tailed jerboa 1676:Mammals described in 1907 1395: 1334:(Paradipus ctenodactylus) 1106:(Salpingotus crassicauda) 1073:(Salpingotulus michaelis) 1071:Baluchistan pygmy jerboa 1050:(Cardiocranius paradoxus) 929:lesser fat-tailed jerboa 908:(Allactodipus bobrinskii) 474: 466:Extant species of family 166: 159: 61:Scientific classification 59: 37: 28: 23: 1270:greater Egyptian jerboa 986:(Scarturus tetradactyla) 937:dwarf fat-tailed jerboa 627:Severtzov's birch mouse 571:long-tailed birch mouse 245:Distribution and habitat 220:in Russia, and northern 24:Long-tailed birch mouse 1262:lesser Egyptian jerboa 1124:Heptner's pygmy jerboa 1048:five-toed pygmy jerboa 994:(Scarturus vinogradovi) 968:small five-toed jerboa 726:Woodland jumping mouse 603:Nordmann's birch mouse 360:; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). 188:long-tailed birch mouse 1231:Lichtenstein's jerboa 1160:Kozlov's pygmy jerboa 1140:Thomas's pygmy jerboa 1134:(Salpingotus pallidus) 1126:(Salpingotus heptneri) 978:(Scarturus euphratica) 931:(Pygeretmus platyurus) 869:(Allactaga balikunica) 849:(Allactaga severtzovi) 765:Pacific jumping mouse 757:Western jumping mouse 728:(Napaeozapus insignis) 703:Chinese jumping mouse 659:Hungarian birch mouse 651:Tien Shan birch mouse 621:(Sicista pseudonapaea) 563:Caucasian birch mouse 1303:(Stylodipus sungorus) 1295:(Stylodipus andrewsi) 1162:(Salpingotus kozlovi) 1142:(Salpingotus thomasi) 1002:(Scarturus williamsi) 947:(Pygeretmus shitkovi) 749:Meadow jumping mouse 653:(Sicista tianshanica) 643:Southern birch mouse 635:Strand's birch mouse 555:Northern birch mouse 547:Armenian birch mouse 320:: e.T20187A22204603. 1272:(Jaculus orientalis) 992:Vinogradov's jerboa 939:(Pygeretmus pumilio) 885:(Allactaga sibirica) 705:(Eozapus setchuanus) 629:(Sicista severtzovi) 597:(Sicista kluchorica) 595:Kluchor birch mouse 579:Chinese birch mouse 302:Clayton, E. (2016). 1671:Mammals of Pakistan 1256:(Jaculus blanfordi) 906:Bobrinski's jerboa 877:(Allactaga bullata) 833:(Allactaga hotsoni) 825:(Allactaga firouzi) 589:(Sicista kazbegica) 587:Kazbeg birch mouse 565:(Sicista caucasica) 431:Smithsonian profile 31:Conservation status 1382:(Euchoreutes naso) 1380:long-eared jerboa 1311:(Stylodipus telum) 1254:Blanford's jerboa 1132:pale pygmy jerboa 1000:Williams's jerboa 970:(Scarturus elater) 847:Svertzov's jerboa 767:(Zapus trinotatus) 645:(Sicista subtilis) 611:Altai birch mouse 581:(Sicista concolor) 557:(Sicista betulina) 549:(Sicista armenica) 354:"Family Dipodidae" 272:has listed it as " 196:) is a species of 1643: 1642: 1618:Open Tree of Life 1415:Taxon identifiers 1406: 1405: 1391: 1390: 1343: 1342: 1332:comb-toed jerboa 1264:(Jaculus jaculus) 1171: 1170: 1011: 1010: 984:four-toed jerboa 976:Euphrates jerboa 841:(Allactaga major) 776: 775: 751:(Zapus hudsonius) 670: 669: 661:(Sicista trizona) 637:(Sicista strandi) 619:gray birch mouse 605:(Sicista loriger) 573:(Sicista caudata) 413:978-0-691-09984-2 373:978-0-8018-8221-0 184: 183: 54: 16:Species of rodent 1688: 1666:Mammals of Korea 1636: 1635: 1626: 1625: 1613: 1612: 1600: 1599: 1587: 1586: 1574: 1573: 1561: 1560: 1548: 1547: 1535: 1534: 1522: 1521: 1509: 1508: 1496: 1495: 1483: 1482: 1470: 1469: 1457: 1456: 1455: 1442: 1441: 1440: 1410: 1366: 1362: 1361: 1360: 1194: 1190: 1189: 1188: 1156: 1120: 1100: 1034: 1030: 1029: 1028: 863: 831:Hotson's jerboa 819: 799: 795: 794: 793: 759:(Zapus princeps) 689: 685: 684: 683: 613:(Sicista napaea) 540: 539: 538: 525: 460: 453: 446: 437: 418: 417: 397: 386: 385: 345: 339: 338: 336: 334: 329: 299: 172: 69: 68: 48: 43: 42: 21: 1696: 1695: 1691: 1690: 1689: 1687: 1686: 1685: 1646: 1645: 1644: 1639: 1631: 1629: 1621: 1616: 1608: 1603: 1595: 1590: 1582: 1577: 1569: 1564: 1556: 1551: 1543: 1538: 1530: 1525: 1517: 1512: 1504: 1499: 1491: 1486: 1478: 1473: 1467:Sicista_caudata 1465: 1460: 1453:Sicista caudata 1451: 1450: 1445: 1436: 1435: 1430: 1423:Sicista caudata 1417: 1407: 1402: 1387: 1354: 1353: 1352: 1351: 1339: 1316: 1277: 1238: 1215: 1210:(Dipus sagitta) 1182: 1181: 1180: 1179: 1167: 1149: 1113: 1093: 1078: 1055: 1022: 1021: 1020: 1019: 1017:Cardiocraniinae 1007: 952: 913: 890: 867:Balikun jerboa 860:Orientallactaga 856: 823:Iranian jerboa 812: 787: 786: 785: 784: 772: 733: 710: 681: 680: 679: 678: 666: 536: 535: 534: 533: 514: 470: 464: 427: 422: 421: 414: 399: 398: 389: 374: 347: 346: 342: 332: 330: 306:Sicista caudata 301: 300: 287: 282: 265: 256: 247: 234: 193:Sicista caudata 180: 174: 170:Sicista caudata 168: 155: 152:S. caudata 63: 55: 44: 40: 33: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1694: 1692: 1684: 1683: 1678: 1673: 1668: 1663: 1658: 1648: 1647: 1641: 1640: 1638: 1637: 1627: 1614: 1601: 1588: 1575: 1562: 1549: 1536: 1523: 1510: 1497: 1484: 1471: 1458: 1443: 1427: 1425: 1419: 1418: 1413: 1404: 1403: 1396: 1393: 1392: 1389: 1388: 1386: 1385: 1376: 1374: 1363: 1345: 1344: 1341: 1340: 1338: 1337: 1328: 1326: 1318: 1317: 1315: 1314: 1306: 1298: 1289: 1287: 1279: 1278: 1276: 1275: 1267: 1259: 1250: 1248: 1240: 1239: 1237: 1236: 1227: 1225: 1217: 1216: 1214: 1213: 1204: 1202: 1191: 1173: 1172: 1169: 1168: 1166: 1165: 1157: 1146: 1145: 1137: 1129: 1121: 1117:Prosalpingotus 1110: 1109: 1101: 1097:Anguistodontus 1090: 1088: 1080: 1079: 1077: 1076: 1067: 1065: 1057: 1056: 1054: 1053: 1044: 1042: 1031: 1013: 1012: 1009: 1008: 1006: 1005: 997: 989: 981: 973: 964: 962: 954: 953: 951: 950: 942: 934: 925: 923: 915: 914: 912: 911: 902: 900: 892: 891: 889: 888: 880: 872: 864: 853: 852: 844: 836: 828: 820: 809: 807: 796: 778: 777: 774: 773: 771: 770: 762: 754: 745: 743: 735: 734: 732: 731: 722: 720: 712: 711: 709: 708: 699: 697: 686: 682:(Jumping mice) 672: 671: 668: 667: 665: 664: 656: 648: 640: 632: 624: 616: 608: 600: 592: 584: 576: 568: 560: 552: 543: 541: 522: 516: 515: 513: 512: 506: 500: 494: 488: 482: 475: 472: 471: 465: 463: 462: 455: 448: 440: 434: 433: 426: 425:External links 423: 420: 419: 412: 387: 372: 348:Holden, M.E.; 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Index

Conservation status
Data Deficient
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sminthidae
Sicista
Binomial name
Thomas
birch mouse
Northeast Asia
Ussuri
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Primorsky Krai
North Korea
IUCN
zygomatic arch
International Union for Conservation of Nature
data deficient




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