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Meriones (jird)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Meriones was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Macropoda by Illiger (1811); to Dipina by Gray (1825); to Gerbillidae by Geraads (1980); and to Gerbillinae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Species
M. unguiculatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. meridianus, M. tristrami

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Meriones Illiger p. 82
1825Meriones Gray p. 342
1980Meriones Geraads
2004Meriones Steppan et al. p. 539

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyGerbillinae()
genusMeriones

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Meriones Illiger 1811 [jird]
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Meriones unguiculatus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Mongolian gerbil]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan Meriones meridianus (34441)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Morocco Meriones maximus (34286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Tajikistan Meriones lakhutensis (34103)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Kalymnos island) Meriones tristrami (34770)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Algeria Meriones maximus (22586 22587 22588 22589 22590) Meriones maximus, Meriones sp. (22591)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan Meriones lakhutensis (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Meriones maximus, Meriones maghrebianus (34331) Meriones shawi (22489)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Meriones tristrami (225664)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Algeria Meriones maximus (22585)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Meriones tristrami (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Tunisia (Kef) Meriones sp. (196971)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Meriones unguiculatus (38712)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Meriones maghrebianus (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Meriones maghrebianus (34287) Meriones maximus, Meriones maghrebianus (34330) Meriones shawi (42866)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Meriones tristrami (225667)