Zarudny's jird

Zarudny's jird
Zarudny's jird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Meriones
Subgenus: Pallasiomys
Species: M. zarudnyi
Binomial name
Meriones zarudnyi
Heptner, 1937

Zarudny's jird (Meriones zarudnyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan.

References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Meriones zarudnyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

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