Meriones unguiculatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Mongolian 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

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammifères du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (5)7:375-377.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127048

Original name as described

Gerbillus unguiculatus

Other common names

Clawed Jird · Mongolian Gerbil

Type locality

Eul-che-san hao (= Ershi san hao), 16 km north-east of Tschang-Kur, northern Shanxi, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002969

Country distribution map

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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 kurauchii

Mori, 1930

Family

Muridae

Root name

kurauchii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

417

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonicae

Name usages

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

Meriones kurauchii chihfengensis

Mori, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

chihfengensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

30, 71

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Gerbillus kozlovi

(Satunin, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kozlovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 5249

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

553

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666871

Authority publication

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

Pallasiomys unguiculatus selenginus

(Heptner, 1949)

Family

Muridae

Root name

selenginus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-43726

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-43726

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

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

Meriones unguiculatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

unguiculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13171/115110851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

koslovi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

koslovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1239

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gerbillus unguiculatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

unguiculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

377

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127048

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

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