Species of rodent
Armenian birch mouse |
Conservation status |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sminthidae |
Genus: | Sicista |
Species: | S. armenica |
Binomial name |
Sicista armenica
Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988 |
The Armenian birch mouse (Sicista armenica) is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae.
Description
It is a small rodent, like the mouse, the average weight of 10 g and up to 9 cm long, excluding the semi-prehensile tail, which slightly exceeds the length of the body. The body is brown, darker in the upper region.
Biology
The species shows nocturnal and feeds on seeds, berries and insects. Shifts in the ground with small jumps and can easily climb on the bushes and trees due to its semi-prehensile tail. The nest, oval shaped, is made of plant remains in a shallow hole dug by the animal itself.
Distribution and habitat
The species is endemic to Armenia, found in mixed forests of coniferous and broadleaf trees in the area upstream of the river Marmarik.
Status and conservation
The Zoological Society of London, on the basis of evolutionary uniqueness and smallness of the population, considers Armenian birch mouse one of the 100 species of mammals at greatest risk of extinction.
References
- ^ Rusin, M. (2020). "Sicista armenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T20185A22204773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T20185A22204773.en. Retrieved 17 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.
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Sicistinae | Sicista (Birch mice) | - Armenian birch mouse (Sicista armenica)
- Northern birch mouse (Sicista betulina)
- Caucasian birch mouse (Sicista caucasica)
- long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata)
- 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)
- Tien Shan birch mouse (Sicista tianshanica)
- Hungarian birch mouse (Sicista trizona)
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Zapodinae (Jumping mice) | Eozapus | - Chinese jumping mouse (Eozapus setchuanus)
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Napaeozapus | - Woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
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Zapus | - Meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
- Western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps)
- Pacific jumping mouse (Zapus trinotatus)
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Allactaginae (Jerboas) | Allactaga | - Subgenus Allactaga
- Iranian jerboa (Allactaga firouzi)
- Hotson's jerboa (Allactaga hotsoni)
- great jerboa (Allactaga major)
- Svertzov's jerboa (Allactaga severtzovi)
- Subgenus Orientallactaga
- Balikun jerboa (Allactaga balikunica)
- Gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata)
- Mongolian five-toed jerboa (Allactaga sibirica)
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Allactodipus | - Bobrinski's jerboa (Allactodipus bobrinskii)
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Pygeretmus | - lesser fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus platyurus)
- dwarf fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus pumilio)
- greater fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi)
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Scarturus | - small five-toed jerboa (Scarturus elater)
- Euphrates jerboa (Scarturus euphratica)
- four-toed jerboa (Scarturus tetradactyla)
- Vinogradov's jerboa (Scarturus vinogradovi)
- Williams's jerboa (Scarturus williamsi)
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Cardiocraniinae (Jerboas) | Cardiocranius | - five-toed pygmy jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus)
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Salpingotulus | - Baluchistan pygmy jerboa (Salpingotulus michaelis)
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Salpingotus | - Subgenus Anguistodontus
- thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda)
- Subgenus Prosalpingotus
- Heptner's pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus heptneri)
- pale pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus pallidus)
- Thomas's pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus thomasi)
- Subgenus Salpingotus
- Kozlov's pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus kozlovi)
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Dipodinae (Jerboas) | Dipus | - northern three-toed jerboa (Dipus sagitta)
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Eremodipus | - Lichtenstein's jerboa (Eremodipus lichtensteini)
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Jaculus | - Blanford's jerboa (Jaculus blanfordi)
- lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)
- greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)
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Stylodipus | - Andrews's three-toed jerboa (Stylodipus andrewsi)
- Mongolian three-toed jerboa (Stylodipus sungorus)
- thick-tailed three-toed jerboa (Stylodipus telum)
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Paradipus | - comb-toed jerboa (Paradipus ctenodactylus)
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Euchoreutinae (Jerboas) | |
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Category |
Taxon identifiers |
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Sicista armenica | |
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