Meriones penicilliger
(Heptner, 1933)
Western Midday 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
Authority citation
Heptner, V.G. 1933-12-20. Notizen über die Gerbillinae (Mammalia, Muridae). V. Diagnosen von einer neuen Gattung und neun neuen Unterarten aus Turkestan. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 8(3):150-155.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342893Original name as described
Pallasiomys meridianus penicilliger
Type material
ZMMU S-5748
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5748Type locality
Karakum Desert, Kzyl-Ordinskaya, Kazakhstan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · Kazakhstan
Taxonomy notes
split from M. meridianus
Taxonomy notes citation
Nanova, O. G., Lebedev, V. S., Matrosova, V. A., Adiya, Y., Undrakhbayar, E., Surov, A. V., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2020). Phylogeography, phylogeny, and taxonomical revision of the Midday jird (Meriones meridianus) species complex from Dzungaria. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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