Gray Birch Mouse vs

Sicista pseudonapaea compared with Pinnularia mesolepta

Key Differences

• Gray Birch Mouse is Data Deficient while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Birch Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Naviculales (Naviculales)
Family	Dipodidae	Pinnulariaceae
Genus	Sicista	Pinnularia
Species	Sicista pseudonapaea	Pinnularia mesolepta

Conservation Status

Gray Birch Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Birch Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Birch Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Pinnularia mesolepta is a freshwater diatom with a boat-shaped, symmetrical siliceous frustule and distinctive raphe canal along the cell axis. It inhabits benthic and epiphytic habitats in oligotrophic to mesotrophic freshwater lakes, streams, and bogs. This photosynthetic diatom forms part of the microbial biofilm community in freshwater habitats.