Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas 1922

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1238

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Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas 1922
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Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas 1922 View in CoL

Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas 1922 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 10: 552.

Type Locality: Israel, 10 mi (16 km) S Beersheba.

Vernacular Names: Buxton's Jird.

Synonyms: Meriones (Pallasiomys) legeri Aharoni 1932 .

Distribution: A small range in Israel (on coastal plain south of the Yarqon River and in the N Negev) and NE Sinai Peninsula of Egypt ( Harrison and Bates, 1991; Osborn and Helmy, 1980).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Pallasiomys . A distinctive Israeli and Sinai endemic, reviewed by Osborn and Helmy (1980), Pavlinov et al. (1990), Harrison and Bates (1991), Qumsiyeh (1996), and Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov (1999). Apparently most closely related to M. shawi and M. libycus in its morphology (see Harrison and Bates, 1991, and references therein).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Meriones

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Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas 1922

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti

Thomas 1922: 552
1922
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