Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                   Suborder Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 see Infraorder Myomorphi
                     Superfamily Muroidea Batsch, 1788
                       Family Cricetidae Fischer, 1817
                         Subfamily Gerbillinae Gray, 1825 - gerbils
                           Genus Meriones Illiger, 1811 - jirds
                             [Meriones meridianus] Pallas, 1773 - mid-day gerbil
                             Meriones persicus (Blanford, 1875) - Persian jird
                             Meriones shawi (Duvernoy, 1842)
                             Meriones tristrami Thomas, 1892 - Tristram's jird
                             Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) - Mongolian gerbil