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GBIF·5219722speciesAnimalia5 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusMeriones
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Zarudny's Jird

Meriones zarudnyi Heptner, 1937

Also calledMérione de Zarudny (fra) · Sarudnyrennratte (deu) · Turkmenische Rennratte (deu) · Zarudny-Rennratte (deu) · pískomil afghánský (ces) · suwak afgański (pol) · turkmenistaninjirdi (fin) · Песчанка Зарудного (rus) · イランスナネズミ (jpn)

First described in: Byull. Moscow Ova. Ispyt. Prir. Otd. Biol. vol.46 p.19

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Pallasiomys. Reviewed by Corbet (1978 c) and Pavlinov et al. (1990) and listed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) as a distinctive species. The Afghanistan population was reviewed by Hassinger (1973), the E Anatolian by Yi it et al. (1997), and segment in Turkmenistan by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Turkmenistan, Kushka (Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pallasiomys. Reviewed by Corbet (1978 c) and listed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) as a distinctive species. The Afghanistan population was reviewed by Hassinger (1973).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

TYPE LOCALITY: Turkmenistan, Kushka (Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219722.