Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae Jordon 1867

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 : 1236

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Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae Jordon 1867 , Mammals of India: 186.

Type Locality: India, Hurriana Dist.

Vernacular Names: Indian Desert Jird.

Synonyms: Meriones (Cheliones) collinus ( Thomas 1919) .

Distribution: Primarily in Thar Desert in SE Iran, Pakistan, and NW India (Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat; see Agrawal, 2000).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Cheliones . Pakistan populations reviewed by Roberts (1977), those in India by Agrawal (2000) and Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000). Hassinger (1973) discussed old records of the species from Afghanistan as probably erroneous. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).