Meriones Illiger, 1811

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium. p.82

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Rodentia

family

Muridae

genus

Meriones

Name

Synonyms

Cheliones Thomas, 1919

Idomeneus Schultze, 1900

Meraeus Billberg, 1828

Meriaeus Billberg, 1827

Pallasiomys Heptner, 1933

Parameriones Heptner, 1937

Homonyms

Meriones Illiger, 1811

Meriones Cuvier, 1823

Common names

Jirds in English

Jirds in English

jird in English

jirds in language.

Bibliographic References

1. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
2. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
4. Prod.
5. Rosevear, D. R., 1969: null. The Rodents of West Africa. 604.
6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
11. as per family