Meriones libycus - #4881

Libyan Jird
Geographic Distribution

North Africa from Western Sahara (Rio de Oro) and Morocco to Egypt, through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and east through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and S Kazakhstan to W China (Xinjiang). A record from SE Anatolia has not been confirmed.

Order/Family
Muridae
Genus
Meriones
Specific Epithet
libycus
Image Location
Germany, Berlin, Tierpark Berlin
Image Date
27 March 2006
Photographer
KD Rudloff