Meriones crassus

Sundevall, 1843

Sundevall's 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

Sundevall, C.J. 1843. Om Professor J. Hedenborgs insamlingar af Däggdjur i Nordöstra Africa och Arabien. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1842:189-244.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304088

Original name as described

Meriones crassus

Other common names

Gentle Jird · Jerusalem Jird · Silky Jird

Type locality

Fount of Moses (Aïn Moses), Sinaï, Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Mali · Algeria · Tunisia · Niger · Libya · Chad · Egypt · Sudan · Israel · Palestine · Lebanon · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · United Arab Emirates · Oman · Qatar · Bahrain · Turkey · Syria · Kuwait · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002955

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 pallidus tripolius

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

tripolius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.4.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6115fd4c-c5a7-4d5a-acbe-bbb7829f03a8

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688194

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones charon

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

charon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.4.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8cc6466-71fb-45d2-ab0e-82e3cfa3d3b4

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688198

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones pelerinus

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

pelerinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.12.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/58db64b6-42f1-4b5b-9abd-558a4c63a3be

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688195

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones longifrons

Lataste, 1884

Family

Muridae

Root name

longifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.2246

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c33bc6e-f304-4b3d-a725-8b4eb32ee0a1

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28689929

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones ismahelis

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Family

Muridae

Root name

ismahelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52ab6c56-bdae-41b5-b615-5fdcee6a0568

Authority page

553

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones crassus pallidus

Bonhote, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Bonhote 313

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854953

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones crassus perpallidus

Setzer, 1961

Family

Muridae

Root name

perpallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:78618

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=d31755e3-cbe9-429e-bfe5-ac3be6f150b7

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones crassus asyutensis

Setzer, 1961

Family

Muridae

Root name

asyutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:87612

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=70bfbf30-ea20-4588-a634-581007bfdf73

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones crassus

Sundevall, 1843

Family

Muridae

Root name

crassus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47304088

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13161/22433449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus swinhoei

(Scully, 1881)

Family

Muridae

Root name

swinhoei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30038156

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Eporeodon major var. longifrons

(Matthew, 1899)

Family

Muridae

Root name

longifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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