Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
         Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
           Genus Meriones Illiger, 1811 - jirds
             01 Meriones arimalius Cheesman & Hinton, 1924
             02 Meriones chengi Wang, 1964
             03 Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842
             04 Meriones dahli Shidlovsky, 1962
             05 Meriones hurrianae Jordon, 1867 - Indian desert gerbil
             06 Meriones libycus Lichtenstein, 1823 - Libyan jird
             07 Meriones meridianus Pallas, 1773 - mid-day gerbil
             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 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
             17 Subgenus Pallasiomys
             18 Subgenus Cheliones
             19 Subgenus Parameriones Tchernov & Chetboun, 1984
             20 Subgenus Meriones Illiger, 1811