Meriones grandis
Cabrera, 1907
Moroccan 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
Bol. Real Soc. Española Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 7, 175
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766209Original name as described
Meriones grandis
Type material
MNCN 1704
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Marrakesh, Morocco.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Morocco · Algeria? · Tunisia?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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