Long-tailed birch mouse

Japanese: オナガネズミ - おながねずみ(英語表記)long-tailed birch mouse
Long-tailed birch mouse
A rodent mammal of the family Musculidae (family Versicolor), smaller than a mouse, with a remarkably long tail. Also called the Kangsu long-tailed mouse. Found in Sakhalin, Ussuri, Gansu, Sichuan, Tianshan, Kashmir, and the Caucasus. Body length 6.3 cm, tail length about 11.5 cm. The dorsal surface of the body is uniformly light brown, and the ventral surface is light gray with a slight brownish tinge. The tail is unusually long, 1.8 times the body length, hence the name. There are four other species in this genus, found in northeastern Europe and central and northern Asia, but their tails are not as long as this species, less than 1.5 times the body length.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
マウスより小さく,尾が著しく長い齧歯(げつし)目トビハツカネズミ科(オナガネズミ科)の哺乳類。カンスーオナガネズミともいう。サハリン,ウスリー,中国の甘粛(かんしゆく),四川,天山,カシミール,カフカスに分布。体長6.3cm,尾長11.5cm前後。体の背面は一様な淡褐色,腹面はわずかに褐色を帯びた淡灰色。尾が体長の1.8倍と異常に長いのでこの名がある。この属にはほかに4種があり,ヨーロッパ北東部とアジア中・北部に分布するが,尾は本種ほど長くなく,体長の1.5倍以下である。

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