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Meriones
Illiger, 1811
- jirds
(mammal)
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Entity:
Merionina (Subtribe)
..Brachiones (Genus) - Przewalski's gerbil
..†Mascaramys (Genus)
..Psammomys (Genus) - fat sand rats
..Rhombomys (Genus) - great gerbil
..Sekeetamys (Genus) - bushy-tailed jird
..Meriones (Genus) - jirds
....Cheliones (Subgenus)
....Meriones (Subgenus)
....Pallasiomys (Subgenus)
....Parameriones (Subgenus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 82.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Merionina
(Subtribe)
Brandt, 1844
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Meriones
(Subgenus)
Illiger, 1811
Homonyms
Junior homonym (allowed)
:
Meriones
(Minor planet)
(1985 VO)
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Sekeetamys
(Genus)
Ellerman, 1947
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zandmuizen
:
woestijnmuizen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
jirds
:
gerbils
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