Caucasian birch mouse

The Caucasian birch mouse (Sicista caucasica) is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae, that is endemic to Russia. Reports that it occurs in Turkey probably refer to Armenian birch mouse (Sicista armenica), from which it can only be reliably distinguished on the basis of karyotype.^[1] The Caucasian birch mouse inhabits the Western Montane Caucasus area, land situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.^[2]

Caucasian birch mouse
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sminthidae
Genus:	Sicista
Species:	S. caucasica
Binomial name
Sicista caucasica Vinogradov [ru], 1925