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 chertgi Wang, 1964 . Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 1:9 . TYPE LOCALITY: China , N Xinjiang ( Sinkiang ), Da-Ho-Yien, Turfan . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. COMMENTS: Subgenus Pallasiomys . Wang (1964) considered this species, based on a series of adult and immature specimens, to be most closely related to M. meridianus , which also occurs in Xinjiang Prov ( Ma et al., 1987 ). The relationship of chengi to the latter species needs to be assessed by revision of Meriones , especially the M. meridianus complex.