Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962 Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962 , Definition Rodents Zakabkaziya: 115 . Type Locality: Armenia , Sadarak steppe, foothills of Vardanis (Saraibulak) Ridge. Vernacular Names: Dahl's Jird . Distribution: Local sandy habitats in Armenia . Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: Subgenus Pallasiomys . Included in M. meridianus by Corbet (1978 c ) but shown to be a separate species by Dyatlov and Avanyan (1987) , whose results were based on morphological, biochemical, and chromosomal traits, as well as interbreeding experiments. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990) .