Altai birch mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Tsytsulina, K. 2008. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20190/0 Sicista napaea.] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 19 April 2015.

| genus = Sicista

| species = napaea

| authority = Hollister, 1912

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The Altai birch mouse (Sicista napaea) is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is native to Russia and Kazakhstan. A baby Altai birch mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Altai birch mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.{{Cite web|url=https://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Dipodidae/Sicista/Sicista-napaea.html|title = Altai birch mouse | Sicista napaea facts}}