Tristram's jird

Tristram's jird
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Meriones
Species:
M. tristrami
Binomial name
Meriones tristrami
Thomas, 1892[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Meriones blackleri Thomas, 1903
  • Meriones lycaon Thomas, 1919
  • Meriones bodenheimeri Aharoni, 1932
  • Meriones kariateni Aharoni, 1932
  • Meriones bogdanovi Heptner, 1931
  • Meriones intraponticus Neuhäuser, 1936
  • Meriones qatafensis Haas, 1951
  • Meriones kilisensis Yiğit and Çolak, 1998

Tristram's jird (Meriones tristrami) is a species of rodent that lives in the Middle East. It is named after the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram who collected the first specimens. It is up to 155 mm (6.1 in) long, and lives in burrows in steppes and semi-deserts from Turkey and the Caucasus to Israel and Iran. Records from the Greek island of Kos represent the only gerbils reported from Europe, outside the former Soviet Union. It is a common, widespread species, and is not considered to be threatened.

  1. ^ Sozen, M.; Bukhnikashvili, A.; Shenbrot, G.; Scott, D.; Amori, G.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsainas, G. (2021). "Meriones tristrami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13170A197517763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13170A197517763.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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