Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Meriones tamariscinus (Pallas, 1773) . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:702 . TYPE LOCALITY: Kazakhstan , Saraitschikowski (= Saraichik) . DISTRIBUTION: N Caucasus and Kazakhstan to the Altai Mtns, and through N Xinjiang and W Gansu of China . SYNONYMS: ciscaucasicus , coIlium, jaxartensis, kokandicus, montanus , satschouensis, tamaricinus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Meriones . Reviewed by Corbet (1978c) ; regional reviews offered by Allen (1940, China ), and Ma et al. (1987 , Xinjiang ).