Meriones zarudnyi, Heptner, 1937

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 536-884 : 646

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6887260

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868241

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scientific name

Meriones zarudnyi
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149. View Plate 37: Muridae

Zarudny’s Jird

Meriones zarudnyi View in CoL

French: Mérione de Zarudny / German: Zarudny-Rennratte / Spanish: Gerbillo de Zarudny

Taxonomy. Meriones zarudnyi Heptner, 1937 View in CoL ,

Kushka, Turkmenistan.

Meriones zarudnyi was considered a race of M. crassus , but in 1967 D. M. Lay, after studying more specimens from Afghani- stan, described its characteristics as distinct from those of both M. crassus and M. tristrami . This opinion was later followed by G. B. Corbet in 1978 and I. Ya. Pavlinov and colleagues in 1990. Monotypic.

Distribution. NE Iran, S Turkmenistan, and N Afghanistan. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 155 mm, tail 160 mm, ear 20 mm, hindfoot 30 mm (single individual). No specific weight data are available. A large Jird with tail longer than head-body. Underbelly white. Upper part of the tail light gray and its lower part yellowish, the tuft ofthe tail is well developed and its proximal part is off-white in both the upper and lower areas and the extremity short, dark brown to maroon dark yellow. The sole of hindfootis hairy and the heel is bare.

Habitat. Not well known, but probably dry and arid habitats.

Food and Feeding. Zarudny’s Jird is probably omnivorous like other members of genus, with preference for seeds and plant material.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Zarudny’s Jird is probably nocturnal and terrestrial, digging burrows.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Corbet (1978), Gromov & Erbajeva (1995), Hassinger (1973), Lay (1967), Pavlinov et al. (1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Meriones

Loc

Meriones zarudnyi

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Meriones zarudnyi

Heptner 1937
1937
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