Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Augugliaro, Claudio, Paniccia, Chiara, Janchivlamdan, Choikhand, Monti, Ibra E., Boldbaatar, Turmunkh & Munkhtsog, Bariusha, 2019, Mammal inventory in the Mongolian Gobi, with the southeasternmost documented record of the Snow Leopard, Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775), in the country, Check List 15 (4), pp. 565-578 : 575

Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Records. The only record was made by live trapping in

May 14, 2017 (43°11.039′N, 105°45.276E ‘– site LSH16 – time 8:30 am); Figure 6M.

Identification. The individual was identified based on morphometric and qualitative characters. It could be mis- taken for the Meriones meridianus , which also occurs in the area ( Batsaikhan 2014). It may be distinguished by the Meriones meridianus by the black claws and the differently colored tail, which has a dark-black tip. The ratio of body to tail length in Meriones unguiculatus is smaller than Meriones meridianus (Darvish 2009, Smith et al. 2010).