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Arabian Jird

Meriones arimalius

Classification

Family
Muridae

The Arabian jird (Meriones arimalius) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Taxonomy First described by Cheesman and Hinton in 1924, Meriones arimalius is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related Meriones libycus, the Libyan jird.

Distribution

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