Meriones meridianus - #4884

Midday Jird
Formerly Meriones meridianus urianchaicus
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