Sundevall's Jird

Sundevall's Jird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Meriones
Subgenus:	Pallasiomys
Species:	M. crassus
Binomial name
Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842
Synonyms
M. longifrons

Sundevall's Jird (Meriones crassus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and possibly Mali. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

References

• Aulagnier, S. & Granjon, L. 2004. Meriones crassus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.