CRCritically Endangered
Sicista loriger
Local name: Nordmann’s Birch Mouse
Unknown
Photo: Photo: Oleksander Zinenko$ via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 4.0
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Habitat
Grassland· majorMarine neritic· major
Conservation measures underway
Site/area protectionResource & habitat protectionSpecies recoveryEx-situ conservation
Other threatened species in SMINTHIDAE
Threatened in Bulgaria
Frequently asked questions
Why is Nordmann’s Birch Mouse classified as Critically Endangered?
Nordmann’s Birch Mouse is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range, per the IUCN Red List assessment recorded in the SpeciesRadar database.
Where does Nordmann’s Birch Mouse live?
Nordmann’s Birch Mouse occurs in Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.
What are the main threats to Nordmann’s Birch Mouse?
The main threats to Nordmann’s Birch Mouse are 1.1, 11.4, 3.2, and 6.2. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.
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