Meriones tamariscinus

(Pallas, 1773)

Tamarisk 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 : Meriones

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Zweyter Theil. Erstes Buch vom Jahr 1770. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 744 pp.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f707.item

Original name as described

Mus tamariscinus

Other common names

Tamarisk Gerbil

Type locality

Saraitschikowki (= Saraichik), Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · China · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002967

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.

Mus tamariscinus

(Pallas, 1773)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

702

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f707.item

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Pallas (1773:702, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f707.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68568)
  2. Müller (1776:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  3. Pallas (1811:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37182)

Sciurus tamariscinus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873228

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Mus tamaricinus

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

88, 322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494916 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495150

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Cuvier (1797:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dipus Tamariscinus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Dipus tamaricinus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751379

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Turton (1802:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  4. Goldfuss (1809:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  5. Fischer (1829:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  6. Wagler (1830:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)

Myoxus tamaricinus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

vi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Meriones tamaricinus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Ranzani (1820:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  3. Goldfuss (1820:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  4. Schinz (1821:294, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  5. Lichtenstein (1823:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  6. Lichtenstein (1823:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37654)
  7. Eversmann (1840:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44036634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68659)
  8. De Filippi (1865:344, https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69095)
  9. Murray (1866:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  10. Severtsov (1873:62, 83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  11. Severtsov (1873:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  12. Severtsov (1876:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  13. Schulze (1897:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  14. Ognëv (1925:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68860)

Myoxus tamariscinus

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

gerbillus tamaricinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

319

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521725

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1825:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25682380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69390)
  3. Lesson (1827:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Nordmann (1839:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  5. Blanford (1875:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)
  6. Kuznetsov (1932:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68874)

Gerbillus tamariscinus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Rhombomys tamaricinus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamaricinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476779

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Meriones (Brombomys) collium

Severtzov, 1873

Family

Muridae

Root name

collium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-1164

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-1164

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания

Name usages

  1. Severtsov (1873:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  2. Severtsov (1876:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Meriones montanus

Severtzov, 1873

Family

Muridae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

6, 18, 62

Authority publication

Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания

Name usages

  1. Severtsov (1873:6, 18, 62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68449)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus collium

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Muridae

Root name

collium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192044

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blanford (1875:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)

Gerbillus tamaricinus satschouensis

(Satunin, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

satschouensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 5268

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

555

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666873

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 ciscaucasicus

(Satunin, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ciscaucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

113, 155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58560155 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58560197

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

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

Gerbillus tamaricinus jaxartensis

(Ognev & Heptner, 1928)

Family

Muridae

Root name

jaxartensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13865

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13865

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Meriones tamariscinus kokandicus

Heptner, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

kokandicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-5843

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-5843

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)

Meriones tamariscinus

Shidlovskiy, 1962

Family

Muridae

Root name

tamariscinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Tbilisi

Name usages

  1. Shidlovskiy (1962:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13169/115110536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Meriones tamariscinus jaxartensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

jaxartensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Meriones tamariscinus satschouensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

satschouensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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