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<emphasis id="02FE6BBC3244B8365C148B6AB784B8B0" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus</emphasis>
Sundevall 1842
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<taxonomicName id="BD80D895B8342335C69C48FA6E7EB312" ID-CoL="7VTBK" authority="Sundevall 1842" authorityName="Sundevall" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="4C841AB04EC764CE76C6D6401BA9A933" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus</emphasis>
Sundevall 1842
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,
<bibCitation id="90369DF1F6B74F16695C8AD0CCE97A5B" author="Sundevall" journal="K. Svenska Vet. Akad., ser. 3" pageNumber="1235" pagination="233" title="Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus" year="1842">K. Svenska Vet. Akad., ser. 3: 233</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="22E5105D77F286A72CF8F00DF14BF460" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="BCC63EAF2940D53FA358701D069C838A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324413" country="Egypt" pageNumber="1235" stateProvince="Shamal Sina'">
<collectingCountry id="7F237D4D3603414BAAA1C96FFAE7CAA7" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="42E35D50C2BEDCE0FD75F46151A3D69A" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai</collectingRegion>
, Fount of Moses (Ain Musa).
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<paragraph id="2E374D5D9AF26D22094FC23BAC1AF9E1" pageNumber="1235">
<emphasis id="D555A1D14A048EE93E40647DC0A2CF08" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="34BF6B8FAED997F4357C0F32C57202BC" language="eng" pageNumber="1235">Sundevall's Jird</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="94383C2FCCF0CFCFFEAD9FA8689BA584" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EC03FAC54312DAD38399CD76910E7C67" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) asyutensis</emphasis>
Setzer 1961
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="BE55ABDF362AE72E3C6024674474A4BF" authority="Thomas 1919" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="charon" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="681D12C9B6D07639475EB5EE9DB062DE" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) charon</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BE9087B843446C0C8A6443574824764B" 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="8401018447E028F642C3D4FAF1DDE488" authority="Cheesman and Hinton 1924" authorityName="Cheesman and Hinton" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ismahelis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="48BF13E8E33A8FC8B05E18E350EE0FB4" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) ismahelis</emphasis>
Cheesman and Hinton 1924
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B6AD7C905F363C54B463F2CF91EC80D1" authority="Lataste 1884" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1884" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longifrons" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="058BFB9481071527757A5D06EF2FF9E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) longifrons</emphasis>
Lataste 1884
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E8A595B8A09D6A8B0174CEFC38F9CFDC" authority="Bonhote 1912" authorityName="Bonhote" authorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="DA9C4CC09E59EC016556A7E1B2061F19" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) pallidus</emphasis>
Bonhote 1912
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="727AA5853B98F3AFE2ACE8B12ECE6820" authority="Thomas 1919" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pelerinus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="F1D3C88BB6687634CA20320A95768353" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) pelerinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="993897F722CDB8D2510E66C0DC7F79DF" 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="6F53A52C96DD66CE062A295DD9B7A59B" authority="Setzer 1961" authorityName="Setzer" authorityYear="1961" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perpallidus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="C170ECE54A14CF2492E34C8A50686718" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) perpallidus</emphasis>
Setzer 1961
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="5E467F2AC649D606095A518198BC011F" authority="Scully 1881" authorityName="Scully" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="swinhoei" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="78E59E1FFA532F0EAB55CC79893A70D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) swinhoei</emphasis>
Scully 1881
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B596511700C1FEEDC7B0640E43241FB6" authority="Thomas 1919" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tripolius" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="94F7A078658E21862B2DD1C9977A469A" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Meriones (Pallasiomys) tripolius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F60F1C52CDE4FF06F4B3D3A37CE44B10" 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>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F41DC69A48D87BF145FD1E4A63C45534" pageNumber="1235">
<emphasis id="973C7E2AA42D5D47B9E914A716AFC14D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Distribution:</emphasis>
Across North Africa from
<collectingCountry id="A5CC2C3B00BB33FA638138EF44E8D494" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
through
<collectingCountry id="DF2C8FEA1D26872F35B2CC60DE8B823B" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E58CB1F1F41463A1DB071595457F054C" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="571FEDF1237E165F85637F62F759828F" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="406D3ABD134BB9FFE0E11AA57D675A55" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="50B3BD45D23D4A57102D46B0354B5D5D" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="7BC7165225E230F4CDCC4EE24D6A6619" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
, SE
<collectingCountry id="ED5817A172AA25C1C136C67A8A682F57" name="Turkey">Anatolia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="1999EFE2E38D74AF4300C2F111358AB0" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
),
<collectingCountry id="67A268A302D356373F8714559F764A61" name="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6A308441C7F40E16A3C9428B523A4B55" name="Iraq">Iraq</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="DB70A54BF8A0F099C459656159520D8E" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="99146C039D5C444D7AB5E4DABBBA3236" name="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0424FA0AA60F4127248E71E036BDC18E" pageNumber="1235" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="1BAB83ABCEBEBC4A30789DB00BA2FD10" pageNumber="1235">
<emphasis id="E21A828EEFDBDF1F10C6A0EF883AC16D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="578BA8D038C884E274B41C9909CF44B1">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DC55BF8DAC14D21FCC96AE38249B67BB" pageNumber="1235" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="857731887C9E73AE9D0759F61F88D87F" pageNumber="1235">
<emphasis id="B234D35AEF2C929AF63CD66821FE3F20" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1235">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="7DD104434D31E583028366B3613BC18F" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="4F90563FC1340560B01FCF6415DAB6C2" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">Pallasiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="F6315E0C0FEB5FA60392930DF9DA35F2" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet (1978
<emphasis id="4AC0FF1677AEEBC4E7C370E35EE85B9E" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="712AC008A9D147FB84F88B05BC20EFA3" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; Yu. A. Dubrovsky &amp; O. L. Rossolimo &amp; E. G. Potapova" refId="ref278052" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., Yu. A. Dubrovsky, O. L. Rossolimo, and E. G. Potapova. 1990. [Gerbils of the world.] Nauka, Moscow, 368 pp. (in Russian)." year="1990">Pavlinov et al. (1990)</bibRefCitation>
. Regional reviews are available for
<collectingCountry id="ADDAA1ED344F32FC4954CE219FE907FE" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AD9B7F7D286B454EDA8F1F8FDAE8D027" author="Aulagnier, S. &amp; M. Thevenot" refId="ref15625" refString="Aulagnier, S., and M. Thevenot. 1986. Catalogue des mammiferes sauvages du Maroc. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique, Serie Zoologie, 41: 1 - 164." year="1986">Aulagnier and Thevenot, 1986</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="0E38DE853F2EA244B338B10760F3079C" name="Algeria">Algeria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C8694317D558E2A451F7C7508EAF17AA" 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>
),
<collectingCountry id="0DE60B9CC34FD92617E0E90417D8C38B" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="8912C8ABA03515AE3C607C979ABC9E1A" 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>
),
<collectingCountry id="BC6F92F255694D68D0DDCC07266C575D" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E1E81CF8F85A6D63A61982DAC58D8D1E" 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>
),
<collectingRegion id="D28153D626F938F96FF2990DB2C8B2DD" country="Egypt" name="Shamal Sina'">Sinai Peninsula</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A35C0C10B1714A0F543F2FE87EAAEDCC" author="Saleh, M. A. &amp; M. I. Basuony" refId="ref315239" refString="Saleh, M. A., and M. I. Basuony. 1998. A contribution to the mammalogy of the Sinai Peninsula. Mammalia, 62 (4): 557 - 575." year="1998">Saleh and Basuony, 1998</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="46FFCA035480D0A6027378ACBFAAD445" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="3624243209F79A618CF6E4905F6A81A6" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F993E45D3796E3BC830547665EA5E4BC" author="Mendelssohn, H. &amp; Y. Yom-Tov" refId="ref237283" refString="Mendelssohn, H., and Y. Yom-Tov. 1999. Fauna Palaestina. mammalia of Israel. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Keterpress Enterprises, Jerusalem, 439 pp." year="1999">Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov, 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="23E9396189DBC941FB44FE584448704E" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B." refId="ref294955" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B. 1996. Mammals of the Holy Land. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 389 pp." year="1996">Qumsiyeh, 1996</bibRefCitation>
), SE
<collectingCountry id="DE2DCEB27EDC597AD0E35ADBA1C209CB" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(Yi it et al., 1997
<emphasis id="9849A02614ABDD5F9EB0BA9E8BD2B533" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">b</emphasis>
, 1998
<emphasis id="40A66C59966DA534D171824902AFDEE2" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">b</emphasis>
), the Arabian Peninsula (
<bibRefCitation id="762C0EABAC55CF667A3EEBC2703B5E3A" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates, 1991</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="A1599CDDF8DE8CDC83D1D247F08CD41D" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1B9BB69A850A1CD912DD02AB268CF6CC" author="Lay, D. M." refId="ref207358" refString="Lay, D. M. 1967. A study of the mammals of Iran resulting from the Street expedition of 1962 - 63. Fieldiana: Zoology, 54: 1 - 282." year="1967">Lay, 1967</bibRefCitation>
;
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(
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<emphasis id="1113540BFDD26F73BB286D37233E2DDF" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">b</emphasis>
) contrasted the distribution, morphology and chromosomes between
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<emphasis id="0F43B6E0B44BFBF54011B96AD709547C" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">M. crassus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2n = 60, FN = 76) and
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<emphasis id="172279464BAE7D15052EE5628DEC2C3F" italics="true" pageNumber="1235">M. meridianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2n = 50, FNa = 78) in E
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. See
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for additional karyotypic information and references.
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