Dahl's Jird

Dahl's Jird
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Meriones
Subgenus:	Pallasiomys
Species:	M. dahli
Binomial name
Meriones dahli Shidlovsky, 1962

Dahl's Jird (Meriones dahli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Armenia and the neighboring Agri province of Turkey.

References

• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
• Tchabovsky, A. 1996. Meriones dahli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Bulut, S. 2009. Dahl's Jird/Meriones dahli. Turkey's Mammals. Downloaded on 3 October 2010.