Meriones unguiculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Gerbillinae
Genus: Meriones
Species: Meriones unguiculatus

Name

Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Type locality: China, N Shanxi, 10 mi (16 km) NE of Tschang-Kur, Eul-che san hao (= Ershi san hao).

Synonyms

Gerbillus unguiculatus Milne-Edwards, 1867
Meriones koslovi (Satunin, 1903)
Meriones kurauchii Mori, 1930
Meriones chihfengensis Mori, 1939
Pallasiomys unguiculatus selenginus Heptner, 1949

References

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales Des Sciences Naturelles comprenant la zoologie, ser. 7, 5: 377.
Satunin, K. A. 1903. Neue Nagetiere aus Centralasien. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie d. Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 7: 553.
Mori, T. 1929-1930. On four new small mammals from Manchuria. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis, 12: 417.
Mori, T. 1939. Mammalia of Jehol and district north of it. Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo, sect. 5, div. 2, 4: 30.
Heptner, W. G. 1949. Notes on gerbills (Gerbillidae, Glires). XIV. New data on the distribution and geographical variation on the Mongolian gerbil. Bulletin of the Moscow Society for the Study of Nature, 54: 303.
Gulotta, E. F. 1971. Meriones unguiculatus. Mammalian Species, 3: 1–5.
Kaneko, Y., and K. Maeda. 2002. A list of scientific names and the types of mammals published by Japanese researchers. Mammalian Science, 42(1): 1–21. Abstract

Links

Meriones unguiculatus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Least Concern)
Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Mongolian Gerbil, Mongolian Jird
suomi: Mongoliangerbiili, mongolianhyppymyyrä
polski: Suwak mongolski
svenska: Vanlig ökenråtta