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Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Dipodidae
Subfamily : Sicistinae
Genus : Sicista
Facts about the genus Sicista, the birch mice
Family Zapodidae- these jumping mice and birch mice are found widely spread in the Northern Hemisphere. (Full text)
Generally, birch mice are mostly active at night. (Full text)
Within the subfamily Zapodidae, Sicista is more primitive than Zapus and Napaeozapus because it lacks some of their derived features. (Full text)
Birch mice are brown or yellowish brown with slightly paler underparts, and some . (Full text)