Meriones libycus

H. Lichtenstein, 1823

Libyan 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

Lichtenstein, H. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischern. T. Trautwein, Berlin, 118 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313

Original name as described

Meriones libycus

Other common names

Asiatic Hairy-footed Gerbil

Type locality

"deserto libyco [= Libian desert]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · United Arab Emirates · Turkey · Azerbaijan · Kuwait · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Kazakhstan · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002959

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 (Pallasiomys) iranensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

iranensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88888

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88888

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Meriones melanurus

Rüppell, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.8.15.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0777bbd-0d22-44f2-abaf-c4ca4404f00f

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886758

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

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

Meriones libycus caudatus

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.4.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/223559ec-6571-41e0-9aeb-5f7b47e39a69

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688196

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones syrius

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

syrius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.7.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74ff5f86-02af-4ef1-a8a1-3a4d81cb332c

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688197

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones erythrourus aquilo

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

aquilo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d85ce6e1-6c99-4c3e-878f-4f3430fc5ca2

Authority page

395

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639152

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones gaetulus

Lataste, 1882

Family

Muridae

Root name

gaetulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1560, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.1561

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cf24897f-70db-449a-ba8f-ca2a629ad51d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ebb8b813-755c-4326-b12b-68c8eec544c6

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927235

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

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

Meriones syrius edithae

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Family

Muridae

Root name

edithae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c4eec55-164f-4969-8a5e-fd1ef15297b3

Authority page

555

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones syrius evelynae

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Family

Muridae

Root name

evelynae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b39033c-b578-4794-9fc6-66f7e1504ebf

Authority page

555

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones schousboei tuareg

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Muridae

Root name

tuareg

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.2.12.59

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones libycus selunguricus

Markova, 1992

Family

Muridae

Root name

selunguricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IGRAS SU-1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia

Meriones mariae

Cabrera, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

mariae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1693

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1766211

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Meriones libycus confalonierii

De Beaux, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

confalonierii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 31667

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34495206

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria

Meriones caudatus amplus

Ranck, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:322681

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3110e5560-4290-4e75-8f6f-4fa46933bb97

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853679

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Meriones caudatus luridus

Ranck, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

luridus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:325597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9de0020-d668-4e49-b185-f2fb4b2308b5

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7853687

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Meriones erythrourus farsi

Schlitter & Setzer, 1973

Family

Muridae

Root name

farsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:329186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36770e550-44a4-4de6-ada4-826a1cd9d39c

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560320

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Meriones (Pallasiomys) erythrourus intermedius

Gromov, 1952

Family

Muridae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 21900

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Baku

Name usages

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

Gerbillus turfanensis

(Satunin, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

turfanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2817

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666875

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Gerbillus eversmanni

(Bogdanov, 1889)

Family

Muridae

Root name

eversmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 4236

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

266

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Meriones libycus afghanus

Pavlinov in Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1987

Family

Muridae

Root name

afghanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-104894

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-104894

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Meriones caucasius

Heptner, 1931

Family

Muridae

Root name

caucasius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Type

ZMMU S-5502

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5502

Authority page

275

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Pallasiomys erythrourus maxeratis

(Heptner, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maxeratis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5750

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5750

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342891

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Pallasiomys erythrourus sogdianus

(Heptner, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sogdianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5836

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5836

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342892

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Pallasiomys erythrourus oxianus

(Heptner, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

oxianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5911

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5911

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342892

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Pallasiomys erythrourus marginiae

(Heptner, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

marginiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5912

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5912

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342892

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Gerbillus erythrourus

(Stoliczka, 1872)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Meriones erythrourus (?) caucasicus

Ellerman, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

caucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410854

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

confalonieri

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

confalonieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1236

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones libycus aquilo

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

aquilo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Meriones libycus turfanensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

turfanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Meriones libycus

H. Lichtenstein, 1823

Family

Muridae

Root name

libycus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229313

Authority publication

Berlin

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. Smith & Xie (2008:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Happold (2013:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13164/115110005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gerbillus erythroura

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324290

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Meriones caucasius

Brandt, 1855

Family

Muridae

Root name

caucasius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Gerbillus schousboeii

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Muridae

Root name

schousboeii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Gerbillus guyonii

(Loche, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

guyonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

103

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Gerbillus renaultii

(Loche, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

renaultii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

106

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Gerbillus schousboeii

(Loche, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

schousboeii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

105

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Gerbillus caucasicus

(Satunin, 1896)

Family

Muridae

Root name

caucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9983105

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Meriones erythrourus heptneri

Argyropulo, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

heptneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Tr. Biol. In-ta Arm FAN SSSR

Name usages

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

Meriones erythrourus gromovi

Tropin, 1975

Family

Muridae

Root name

gromovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Authority publication

SaratovAvtoreferat Kandidatskoi Dissertatsii, Saratov

Meriones libycus schwarzovi

Toktosunov, 1977

Family

Muridae

Root name

schwarzovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Pallasiomys erythrourus marginae

(Borisenko, Vasil'yeva, Verigina, Dunayev, Kalyakin, Koblik, Kruskop, Orlova, Pavlinov, Red'kin, Sazonov, Spasskaya, & Tomkovich, 2001)

Family

Muridae

Root name

marginae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

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