Meriones dahli

Shidlovskiy, 1962

Dahl'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

Shidlovskiy, M.V. 1962. Определитель грузинов Закавказья. Издательство Акаедьмии Наук Грузинской ССР, Tbilisi, 171 pp.

Original name as described

Meriones meridianus dahli

Type material

Yerevan 5504-8

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

foothills of Vardanis (Saraibulak) Ridge, Sadarak steppe, Armenia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Armenia

Taxonomy notes

has been considered a synonym of M. meridianus by some, but recently published molecular data supports the recognition of this species as distinct, at least tentatively

Taxonomy notes citation

Bulut, Ş., & Karacan, G. O. (2021). Taxonomic status of Dahl’s Jird, Meriones dahli, as inferred from cytochrome b and IRBP gene sequences (Mammalia: Rodentia). Zoology in the Middle East, 1-7. · Zemlemerovac, E. D., & Matrosovad, V. A. (2024). Genetic variation and taxonomic status of Dahl’s jird (Meriones dahli, rodentia, muridae). ЗООЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ, 103(3), 107-115.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006908

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 meridianus dahli

Shidlovskiy, 1962

Family

Muridae

Root name

dahli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Yerevan 5504-8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Tbilisi

Name usages

Shidlovskiy (1962:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)

Meriones dahli

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Muridae

Root name

dahli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13162/22433617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  8. Nanova, Lebedev, Solovyeva, Lisenkova, Bogatyreva, Zemlemerova & Matrosova (2024:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67794)

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