Meriones arimalius

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Arabian Jird

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Gerbillinae
Tribe : Gerbillini
Genus : Meriones
Subgenus : Pallasiomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cheesman, R.E. and Hinton, M.A.C. 1924-11-01. On the mammals collected in the desert of Central Arabia by Major R. E. Cheesman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14(83):548-558.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932408633158

Original name as described

Meriones arimalius

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7da0deef-3c0d-437c-95d3-7b4f52160f8b

Type locality

Djebel Agoula, Yabrin (= Jabrin), Saudi Arabia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · United Arab Emirates · Oman

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002953

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Meriones arimalius

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Family

Muridae

Root name

arimalius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7da0deef-3c0d-437c-95d3-7b4f52160f8b

Authority page

554

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13159/115109703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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