Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
Genus Meriones Illiger, 1811 - jirds
01 Meriones chengi Wang, 1964
02 Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842
03 Meriones dahli Shidlovsky, 1962
04 Meriones hurrianae Jordon, 1867 - Indian desert gerbil
05 Meriones libycus Lichtenstein, 1823 - Libyan jird
06 Meriones meridianus Pallas, 1773 - mid-day gerbil
07 Meriones nogaiorum
see Meriones meridianus Pallas, 1773
08 Meriones persicus (Blanford, 1875) - Persian jird
09 Meriones rex Yerbury & Thomas, 1895 - king jird
10 Meriones sacramenti Thomas, 1922 - Buxton's jird
11 Meriones shawii (Duvernoy, 1842) - Shaw's jird
see Meriones shawi (Duvernoy, 1842)
12 Meriones tamariscinus Pallas, 1773 - tamarisk gerbil
13 Meriones tristrami Thomas, 1892 - Tristram's jird
14 Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) - Mongolian gerbil
15 Meriones vinogradovi Heptner, 1931 - Vinogradov's jird
16 Meriones zarudnyi Heptner, 1937