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Long-tailed birch mouse

Sicista caudata Thomas, 1907

LCLeast Concernrodents

The long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata) is a species in the family Dipodidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 11.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the long-tailed birch mouse

Weight
11.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the long-tailed birch mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the long-tailed birch mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata) is a species of birch mouse found in Northeast Asia. It has been reported from the Ussuri region of Manchuria, Sakhalin Island and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and northern North Korea. It is listed as data deficient by the IUCN.

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Is the long-tailed birch mouse endangered?

The long-tailed birch mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-tailed birch mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyDipodidae
  6. genusSicista
  7. SpeciesSicista caudata Thomas, 1907

Synonyms Erinaceus concolor caudata

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Far eastern birch mouseEnglish
  • myšivka dlouhoocasáCzech
  • LangschwanzbirkenmausGerman
  • Langschwanz-BirkenmausGerman
  • Langschwänzige BirkenmausGerman
  • Ratón listado de cola largaSpanish
  • ussurinkoivuhiiriFinnish
  • Siciste à longue queueFrench
  • オナガネズミJapanese
  • 긴꼬리꼬마쥐Korean
  • smużka długoogonowaPolish
  • Длиннохвостая мышовкаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-tailed birch mouse

Other species in the same genus Sicista.

LC, Least Concern

Gray birch mouse

Sicista pseudonapaea

DipodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the long-tailed birch mouse?

An adult long-tailed birch mouse weighs 11.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-tailed birch mouse endangered?

The long-tailed birch mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the long-tailed birch mouse?

The long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata) belongs to the family Dipodidae in the order Rodentia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
    Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-birch-mouse

MLA

“Long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-birch-mouse.

BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_birch_mouse_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed birch mouse (Sicista caudata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-birch-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}