Meriones persicus
(Blanford, 1875)
Persian Jird

Location:Russia, Moscow ZooDate taken:Jul 10, 2001
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4885
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
Blanford, W.T. 1875-11-01. Descriptions of new Mammalia from Persia and Balúchistan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16(95):309-313.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128194Original name as described
Gerbillus persicus
Type material
ZSI 3058
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"in Persia [= Iran]."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iraq · Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · Turkmenistan
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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