Meriones tristrami
O. Thomas, 1892
Tristram's 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
Thomas, O. 1892-02-01. Description of a new species of Meriones from Palestine. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(50):147-149.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617791Original name as described
Meriones Tristrami
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1864.8.17.35
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2c4404a6-b6d3-470c-afce-49dfa4438d13Type locality
Dead Sea region, Israel.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Iraq · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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