Meriones meridianus - #4882
Midday Jird
Formerly Meriones meridianus nogaiorum
Geographic Distribution
From Lower Don River and north of the Caucasus to Mongolia and N China (provinces of Nei Mongol, Hebei, Henen, Shanxi, N Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Gansu, NE Qinghai, and Ningxia), south to E Turkey, E Iran and N Afghanistan.
Order/Family
Muridae
Genus
Meriones
Specific Epithet
meridianus
Image Location
Russia, Moscow Zoo
Image Date
10 July 2001
Photographer
KD Rudloff