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. Volume 2. Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 504 pp.

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

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