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<emphasis id="8437CC83F5C7814A4FFB5E7B42CB9D78" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) shawi</emphasis>
Duvernoy 1842
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<taxonomicName id="24386C90FA29E9E68F3FCAB3A7C01F5B" ID-CoL="7VTBR" authority="Duvernoy 1842" authorityName="Duvernoy" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="E801A505D8377C3FC0351A96A8639247" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) shawi</emphasis>
Duvernoy 1842
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,
<bibCitation id="FFCEAF70066F8317AEE4F61378A947B2" author="Duvernoy" journal="Mem. Soc. Sci. Nancy" pageNumber="1238" pagination="22" title="Meriones (Pallasiomys) shawi" volume="3" year="1842">Mem. Soc. Sci. Nancy, 3: 22</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="2CFA273180DBC6B750979531F6DACA3F" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="34B834D7888CD55AD9F4F2C8FFC2AE4E" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324970" country="Algeria" pageNumber="1238">
<collectingCountry id="1BFBF3FB5A4E15AA9A775B9C431925F6" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3B6A69351B73D75613D2C5C313ED9604" name="Algeria">Oran</collectingCountry>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CE933D664DE021BC84A3D3C8CED7615D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="06437CA16C5345F0667F907EB3C82168" language="eng" pageNumber="1238">Shaw's Jird</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A0C8368F5E0DABACB0478EFFFD2F0B9D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="730F83A003EC23A0BF13D1BBA0F27491" authority="Lataste 1882" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albipes" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="27387986A8818719187623691373A804" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) albipes</emphasis>
Lataste 1882
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="2F9C1E2F55657A0AC48756988254A5B5" authority="Ranck 1968" authorityName="Ranck" authorityYear="1968" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auratus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="C64482FC8B5799CF20BEA6E81E7B555F" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) auratus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C9D22E0CBCEB2D23BFE743BCCF580BCB" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="751830B865E84E52CA961ADEA3007506" authority="Lataste 1882" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auziensis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="2B6D0B90313C34D8089D97E548517724" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) auziensis</emphasis>
Lataste 1882
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="F067EE50506C26F4B433932146A42F2D" authority="Setzer 1956" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1956" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="azizi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="A5B7D4493D7F7355D5041788B9D65406" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) azizi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F489280830D21A06CE1D20994D07A952" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer 1956</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="82B95CAC3B2F9A190B002B9423780536" authority="Lataste 1885" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1885" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassibulla" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="2A426CECA44AE897FBE47E0FA9117626" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassibulla</emphasis>
Lataste 1885
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="417B384E98499195ABF8A75BAD3F55F7" authority="Thomas 1919" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="F0277A4A35B551515747FA63E4A5AB8C" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) isis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="96477A86522B52BA14FDB3F2259373FC" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref354472" refString="Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from &quot; Otro Cerro &quot; north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500." year="1919">Thomas 1919</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5DF9B9C32EE97C89CF8B101E2D108091" authority="Lataste 1885" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1885" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticeps" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="FC9661745CC234E248EB71D16D7163FD" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) laticeps</emphasis>
Lataste 1885
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B74440166EFFC7D486DB129F23D7B2D6" authority="Lataste 1885" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1885" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longiceps" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="38417CF5D33DA3AD375B1507EF4F6921" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) longiceps</emphasis>
Lataste 1885
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D91D7FF02B9323D68C0AB45E73EFE7B9" authority="(Loche 1867)" baseAuthorityName="Loche" baseAuthorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="richardii" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="E6FB40F54B7D7F83CD935F3E29F72DFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) richardii</emphasis>
(Loche 1867)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="F31499F77A1AB3414FC905A2543BF31B" authority="(Loche 1867)" baseAuthorityName="Loche" baseAuthorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="savii" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="9AADF34E510CFB2AA62674959B0932C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) savii</emphasis>
(Loche 1867)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E30966751F693BEB82A3D25B1D900991" authority="(Pomel 1856)" baseAuthorityName="Pomel" baseAuthorityYear="1856" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sellysii" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="FA84DC9EE1363DF14AE914A6FA3639F4" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) sellysii</emphasis>
(Pomel 1856)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C6C55757A534D7DEF4AC5BBB9971ABFC" authority="Lataste 1882" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1238" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trouessarti" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="F761174A7C6F5859B21B964A58934BD8" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones (Pallasiomys) trouessarti</emphasis>
Lataste 1882
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="4699616BB1B1F6D2A21EA197F40CC546" pageNumber="1238">
<emphasis id="D0AB7F072CA56D2F1B85E59BCA715C85" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Distribution:</emphasis>
Mediterranean littoral from E
<collectingCountry id="38966911C3E04032CB13E0322D719A00" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
through N
<collectingCountry id="BFFED3191CD9F659730C24105F0C5225" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="12590ADE9AB0C6C329FA2A79F5CAE8FE" name="Tunisia">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="AB69BE57CD4760C7093EFB29A7C1541D" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="BEACB126EC6E8AE677512B61590EF2C0" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
to N
<collectingRegion id="5E14C98D157C0036319ADB05898924FD" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai</collectingRegion>
, never found more than about
<quantity id="EDC5D0BB21BBC7E509027C6145078585" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.414016" unit="mi" value="150.0">150 mi</quantity>
(
<quantity id="FBA604DC15492D49B5EF061330A17526" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="km" value="240.0">240 km</quantity>
) inland (
<bibRefCitation id="AD1894D0EE1644A98AC343EDBD05EDBA" author="Nadler, C. F. &amp; D. M. Lay &amp; J. D. Hassinger" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler, 1969</bibRefCitation>
, and references therein; Pavlinov, 2000).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3BEC96C164AA7F90A4A59D0A0FFBEEC7" pageNumber="1238" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="4BEF162C36B7ACA0E9B6FC338D9B59A3" pageNumber="1238">
<emphasis id="5BCAB7894FDB886F727402ED63E6D905" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="E4FC22FD37F713497A7FF0CA14F21C12">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2AA4844F6189476E749C60B4075CC76C" pageNumber="1238" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="3ED2A1548398D1EC009B13EBF15E7B94" pageNumber="1238">
<emphasis id="5FCF336F9985E22B7BD2D7CF539FAB1C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1238">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="EDA3229F5F177C761B799E5D0A36877E" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="9FA0DEC6E2EA343498359BDA5203530C" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Pallasiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A distinctive species that ranges mostly north of
<taxonomicName id="38511184E355F68F3CC81164568B0052" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
<emphasis id="2C80BE323940BBF37D220EAD053EA84F" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. libycus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but is sympatric with it in several regions (
<bibRefCitation id="F8939EC97E25242621571FAE9A3C9FA2" author="Nadler, C. F. &amp; D. M. Lay &amp; J. D. Hassinger" refId="ref255221" refString="Nadler, C. F., D. M. Lay, and J. D. Hassinger. 1969. Chromosomes of three asian mammals: Meriones meridianus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae), Spermophilopsis leptodactylus (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae). Experientia, 25: 774 - 775." year="1969">Lay and Nadler, 1969</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C3BA2BBD73D4E1B9E1AA2BAE61AAA714" author="Zaime, A. K. &amp; M. Pascal" refId="ref404038" refString="Zaime, A. K., and M. Pascal. 1988. Recherche d'un indice craniometrique discriminant deux especes de meriones (Meriones shawi et M. libycus) vivant en sympatrie sur le site de Guelmime (Maroc). Mammalia, 52: 575 - 582." year="1988">Zaime and Pascal, 1988</bibRefCitation>
). The distribution maps of Algerian (
<bibRefCitation id="46BFE1C99F0B95D690CEF40728FFC2A7" author="Kowalski, K. &amp; B. Rzebik-Kowalska" refId="ref196029" refString="Kowalski, K., and B. Rzebik-Kowalska. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wroclaw, Poland, 370 pp." year="1991">Kowalski and Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991</bibRefCitation>
) and Egyptian (
<bibRefCitation id="CD959A1F810FF666882D4D280A49841E" author="Osborn, D. J. &amp; I. Helmy" refId="ref268547" refString="Osborn, D. J., and I. Helmy. 1980. The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai). Fieldiana: Zoology, 5: 1 - 579." year="1980">Osborn and Helmy, 1980</bibRefCitation>
) ranges of
<taxonomicName id="B9D9007092F33C94E3BE5577866163D4" authorityName="Duvernoy" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
<emphasis id="ABD73357DF542B45A1B2BDBDCEABFB79" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. shawi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="04B701EB746516C849E28F27BDF9DC64" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
<emphasis id="2FDC9B753113CEFFECEF6A60541ECC7C" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. libycus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
illustrate their geographic relationshipsmostly parapatric, but sympatric near the coast.
<taxonomicName id="F02E48294A212258245CA9749F2E5083" authorityName="Duvernoy" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
<emphasis id="F16FC7F9F482EF240C9FFBF0D0B3841B" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">Meriones shawi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="AFD905C8062FB3BF6906D08AB98F35CE" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus">
<emphasis id="D7F41556871A6BC0979EE61745E76A40" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. libycus</emphasis>
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are often confused in museum collections and published reports (see the reviews by
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, and
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). The taxon
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<emphasis id="81511DBEA4D445297CF1F1957E677980" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">grandis</emphasis>
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has traditionally been included in
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<emphasis id="EC5750AC10941B96750714F9C26CA17F" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. shawi</emphasis>
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but
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reviewed
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<emphasis id="20282B6AF7D47758A6DB7229939DE2ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">grandis</emphasis>
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as a species and Pavlinov (2000) recorded the morphological traits distinguishing
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<emphasis id="2B7069F885A9D81576E89CB9C4B1715B" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. grandis</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="9E804B01BB8D1ED882210457C769B01E" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. shawi</emphasis>
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; he also documented broad overlap between the two species in E
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, N
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, and
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(see account of
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<emphasis id="33A2ECCA5090E3E11B5CBDE4198E70FA" italics="true" pageNumber="1238">M. grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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