Midday jird
| Midday jird | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Meriones |
| Subgenus: | Pallasiomys |
| Species: | M. meridianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Meriones meridianus (Pallas, 1773) | |
The midday jird, Meriones meridianus, is a rodent species of the Muridae family and native to sandy deserts in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Batsaikhan, N., Tsytsulina, K., Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Meriones meridianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds.) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.