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adults have been reported to have burrows with a combined length of over 30 meters and have 18 entrances. Food is stored in chambers of the burrows. As with other arid adapted rodents, stored food has the capacity to reabsorb moisture given off by the animal during respiration. Jirds can go their
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759:Corbet, Gordon Barclay; John Edwards Hill (1992).
291:jirds tend to inhabit arid regions including clay
778:Classification of Mammals above the Species Level
253:. The genus contains most animals referred to as
737:My Pet Hamster and Gerbils, LeeAnne Engfer 1997
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275:are also known as jirds. The distribution of
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806:Walker's Mammals of the World, volume 2
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780:. New York: Columbia University Press.
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461:jirds are divided into four subgenera.
423:considered the genus to belong to the
399:Members of the genus range from being
313:in 1811, deriving from the Greek word
763:. New York: Oxford University Press.
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407:is reached after about 9–15 weeks.
1283:bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil (
747:The Guardian Saturday 21 June 2003
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448:. Tong (1989), however, suggests
363:They construct burrows to aid in
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692:Johns Hopkins University Press
684:; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).
1:
1544:greater short-tailed gerbil (
723:Biodiversity Heritage Library
247:most commonly kept as a pet,
1890:Indian hairy-footed gerbil (
1562:lesser short-tailed gerbil (
915:Extant species of subfamily
257:, but members of the genera
1265:Namib brush-tailed gerbil (
2704:
1589:Kerkennah Islands gerbil (
1274:dune hairy-footed gerbil (
1971:greater Egyptian gerbil (
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1118:Cape short-eared gerbil (
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804:Nowak, Ronald M. (1999).
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72:Scientific classification
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1881:lesser Egyptian gerbil (
380:. These rodents feed on
309:The genus was named by
1535:Mackilligin's gerbil (
1490:North African gerbil (
1223:fringe-tailed gerbil (
442:closest) to the genus
369:temperature regulation
40:Temporal range: Early
2650:Paleobiology Database
2054:Przewalski's gerbil (
2017:Somali pygmy gerbil (
1908:Hoogstraal's gerbil (
1644:black-tufted gerbil (
1380:Harrington's gerbil (
1256:Hairy-footed gerbil (
1205:black-tailed gerbil (
623:Meriones unguiculatus
486:Meriones tamariscinus
454:is its sister genus.
279:ranges from northern
250:Meriones unguiculatus
64:Meriones unguiculatus
2546:Fauna Europaea (new)
2286:Indian desert jird (
1707:Balochistan gerbil (
1680:Mauritanian gerbil (
1416:Tranieri's tateril (
830:Gerbils of the world
632:Meriones vinogradovi
295:, sandy desert, and
2388:Bushy-tailed jird (
2251:Vinogradov's jird (
1944:occidental gerbil (
1845:Cheesman's gerbil (
1818:Anderson's gerbil (
1716:large Aden gerbil (
1689:Harrison's gerbil (
1635:Brockman's gerbil (
1553:rupicolous gerbil (
1344:Robbins's tateril (
1214:Phillips's gerbil (
1081:Fat-tailed gerbil (
621:or Mongolian jird,
596:Meriones sacramenti
587:Meriones meridianus
2170:Sundevall's jird (
1989:Tarabul's gerbil (
1980:Rosalinda gerbil (
1962:cushioned gerbil (
1917:Lataste's gerbil (
1751:vivacious gerbil (
1725:principal gerbil (
1662:Grobben's gerbil (
1508:Harwood's gerbil (
1389:Lake Chad gerbil (
1178:Gorongoza gerbil (
838:. Nouvelle Série.
660:Meriones hurrianae
656:Indian desert jird
614:Meriones tristrami
533:Meriones arimalius
457:The 17 species of
243:that includes the
2678:Meriones (rodent)
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2664:
2637:Open Tree of Life
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2358:
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2233:Tristram's jird (
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2028:
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1935:Nigerian gerbil (
1872:Flower's gerbil (
1836:Burton's gerbil (
1774:Waters's gerbil (
1766:Gerbillus amoenus
1653:Algerian gerbil (
1626:Pleasant gerbil (
1580:Khartoum gerbil (
1571:Somalian gerbil (
1499:Wagner's gerbil (
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1435:
1432:
1431:
1428:
1427:
1398:Petter's gerbil (
1371:gracile tateril (
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1318:
1196:Bushveld gerbil (
1160:Highveld gerbil (
1093:
1092:
1032:
1031:
832:. Moscow: Nauka.
701:978-0-8018-8221-0
641:Meriones zarudnyi
628:Vinogradov's jird
505:Meriones persicus
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16:(Redirected from
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2416:
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2260:Zarudny's jird (
2242:Mongolian jird (
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2040:
1899:western gerbil (
1854:Dongola gerbil (
1827:swarthy gerbil (
1800:Berbera gerbil (
1610:
1517:James's gerbil (
1481:Botta's gerbil (
1467:
1458:
1448:
1442:
1407:Senegal gerbil (
1330:
1232:savanna gerbil (
1169:Guinean gerbil (
1151:Boehm's gerbil (
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1057:Pouched gerbil (
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690:(3rd ed.).
678:
619:Mongolian gerbil
578:Meriones libycus
569:Meriones grandis
551:Meriones crassus
547:Sundevall's jird
373:Meriones crassus
329:Mongolian gerbil
269:, and sometimes
183:Mus tamariscinus
164:
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60:Mongolian gerbil
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2215:Buxton's jird (
2188:Moroccan jird (
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2093:M. tamariscinus
2091:Tamarisk jird (
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1863:Dunn's gerbil (
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1760:Gerbillus nanus
1698:Darfur gerbil (
1691:G. mesopotamiae
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1537:D. mackilligini
1526:Lowe's gerbil (
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1362:Emin's gerbil (
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1307:Indian gerbil (
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542:Meriones chengi
434:In particular,
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1682:G. mauritaniae
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1198:G. leucogaster
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2154:M. arimalius
2153:
2140:
2127:
2118:
2107:Parameriones
2105:
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2067:
2055:
2043:
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2006:
1990:
1982:G. rosalinda
1981:
1973:G. pyramidum
1972:
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1954:
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1928:G. nancillus
1927:
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1909:
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1883:G. gerbillus
1882:
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1855:
1847:G. cheesmani
1846:
1837:
1828:
1820:G. andersoni
1819:
1810:
1801:
1788:
1775:
1764:
1758:
1752:
1744:
1735:
1726:
1718:G. poecilops
1717:
1708:
1700:G. muriculus
1699:
1690:
1681:
1672:
1663:
1654:
1645:
1637:G. brockmani
1636:
1627:
1614:
1602:
1590:
1582:D. stigmonyx
1581:
1573:D. somalicus
1572:
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1545:
1536:
1527:
1518:
1509:
1500:
1491:
1482:
1470:
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1408:
1399:
1391:T. lacustris
1390:
1381:
1372:
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1354:
1346:T. arenarius
1345:
1333:
1308:
1296:
1284:
1275:
1266:
1257:
1245:
1233:
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1216:G. phillipsi
1215:
1206:
1197:
1188:
1179:
1170:
1161:
1152:
1143:
1133:Gerbilliscus
1131:
1119:
1107:
1099:Gerbillurini
1082:
1070:
1058:
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985:Gerbillurini
945:Superorder:
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648:
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631:
622:
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586:
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568:
559:
550:
541:
538:Cheng's jird
532:
529:Arabian jird
521:
514:Meriones rex
513:
504:
501:Persian jird
495:Parameriones
493:
485:
474:
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175:Type species
159:
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63:
35:
29:
2572:iNaturalist
2453:Wikispecies
2262:M. zarudnyi
2142:Pallasiomys
2126:king jird (
2119:M. persicus
2035:Rhombomyina
2008:Microdillus
1991:G. tarabuli
1946:G. occiduus
1937:G. nigeriae
1919:G. latastei
1892:G. gleadowi
1802:G. acticola
1745:G. syrticus
1736:G. pusillus
1664:G. grobbeni
1591:D. zakariai
1555:D. rupicola
1546:D. maghrebi
1510:D. harwoodi
1501:D. dasyurus
1418:T. tranieri
1409:T. pygargus
1373:T. gracilis
1355:T. congicus
1325:Taterillini
1285:G. vallinus
1247:Gerbillurus
1225:G. robustus
1180:G. inclusus
1162:G. brantsii
1109:Desmodillus
1072:Pachyuromys
1022:A. imbellis
1001:Ammodillini
989:Taterillini
977:Ammodillini
917:Gerbillinae
601:Shaw's jird
583:Midday jird
574:Libyan jird
556:Dahl's jird
523:Pallasiomys
335:Description
321:in Homer's
272:Pachyuromys
214:Pallasiomys
42:Pleistocene
2672:Categories
2390:S. calurus
2379:Sekeetamys
2314:Sand rat (
2199:M. libycus
2190:M. grandis
2172:M. crassus
2045:Brachiones
1874:G. floweri
1838:G. burtoni
1829:G. aquilus
1776:G. watersi
1673:G. henleyi
1646:G. famulus
1628:G. amoenus
1472:Dipodillus
1462:Gerbillina
1450:Gerbillini
1400:T. petteri
1335:Taterillus
1276:G. tytonis
1267:G. setzeri
1234:G. validus
1171:G. guineae
1083:P. duprasi
1059:D. braueri
1020:Ammodile (
1011:Ammodillus
668:References
445:Brachiones
425:(sub)tribe
378:metabolism
266:Brachiones
260:Sekeetamys
191:Subgenera
149:Gerbillina
145:Subtribe:
2349:R. opimus
2338:Rhombomys
2316:P. obesus
2305:Psammomys
2276:Cheliones
2273:Subgenus
2163:M. chengi
2139:Subgenus
2104:Subgenus
2078:Subgenus
1790:Gerbillus
1787:Subgenus
1613:Subgenus
1604:Gerbillus
1564:D. simoni
1519:D. jamesi
1483:D. bottai
1309:T. indica
1153:G. boehmi
927:Kingdom:
842:: 1–120.
650:Cheliones
647:Subgenus
520:Subgenus
510:King jird
492:Subgenus
473:Subgenus
451:Psammomys
419:Pavlinov
409:Longevity
221:Cheliones
95:Kingdom:
89:Eukaryota
2603:13001136
2473:Meriones
2459:Meriones
2438:Wikidata
2429:Meriones
2226:M. shawi
2181:M. dahli
2081:Meriones
2069:Meriones
2019:M. peeli
1865:G. dunni
1753:G. vivax
1709:G. nanus
1528:D. lowei
1364:T. emini
1258:G. paeba
1189:G. kempi
957:Family:
953:Rodentia
941:Mammalia
935:Chordate
933:Phylum:
929:Animalia
710:62265494
476:Meriones
467:Meriones
459:Meriones
436:Meriones
341:Meriones
319:Meriones
289:Meriones
285:Mongolia
277:Meriones
233:Meriones
200:Meriones
160:Meriones
135:Family:
129:Rodentia
119:Mammalia
109:Chordata
105:Phylum:
99:Animalia
85:Domain:
44:– Recent
36:Meriones
2564:2437686
2444:Q941160
1811:G. agag
1144:G. afra
959:Muridae
951:Order:
939:Class:
394:insects
353:burrows
311:Illiger
166:Illiger
155:Genus:
139:Muridae
125:Order:
115:Class:
2642:764839
2590:632613
2538:305629
2525:1MERNG
2512:111265
2486:142629
2128:M. rex
1298:Tatera
974:Tribes
871:
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698:
464:Genus
429:et al.
421:et al.
401:social
392:, and
390:fruits
339:Adult
297:steppe
293:desert
281:Africa
245:gerbil
238:rodent
168:, 1811
2655:54139
2629:10046
2577:44661
2499:62YW3
1447:Tribe
386:seeds
382:roots
324:Iliad
315:μηρος
255:jirds
241:genus
236:is a
2624:NCBI
2585:ITIS
2559:GBIF
2520:EPPO
2481:BOLD
1763:and
869:ISBN
844:ISBN
810:ISBN
782:ISBN
765:ISBN
706:OCLC
696:ISBN
304:pest
18:Jird
2611:NBN
2598:MSW
2507:EoL
2494:CoL
2468:ADW
840:155
349:rat
283:to
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