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Northern birch mouse

The northern birch mouse is a small rodent about 5 to 8 cm long, weighing 5 to 13 g. It lives in northern Europe and Asia in forest and marsh zones. It hibernates in burrows. It eats shoots, grains, berries, and sometimes insects. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Sicista betulina
Mass: 0.31 oz (Adult)
Gestation period: 32 days
Higher classification: Birch mouse
Conservation status: Least Concern
Family: Sminthidae
Genus: Sicista