Northern birch mouse
The northern birch mouse (Sicista betulina) is a small rodent about 5 to 8 cm long (without the tail), weighing 5 to 13 g. It lives in northern Europe and Asia in forest and marsh zones.
| Northern birch mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sminthidae |
| Genus: | Sicista |
| Species: | S. betulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicista betulina (Pallas, 1779) | |
It hibernates in burrows. It eats shoots, grains, berries, and sometimes insects.
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