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Mid-day Gerbil

Meriones meridianus

Classification

Family
Muridae

The midday jird (Meriones meridianus), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia. It has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2008. Description The midday jird is a medium-sized species with a head-and-body length of 95 to 134 mm (3.

Distribution

(c) Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov, Arkhivov, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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