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<emphasis id="F3B6DA3FCADA51561D3EE4F542C4660D" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) tristrami</emphasis>
Thomas 1892
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="24C5762EAA854B615E47F4B1F2D5E902" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="8ADBBB0A60CAC8237CD7CB4A1A5EB607" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
, Dead Sea region.
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<emphasis id="336E497641DB8FFBEDE562B3FCB89469" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="5407B913AAFC533770374E40F109BE70" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D787304AF580235D267CB657BFC6F923" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) blackleri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="C3DDF269E31A8DED0ADCC0D1DC397889" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) bodenheimeri</emphasis>
Aharoni 1932
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="2CA020080BD8CE32359B905B9A507689" authority="Heptner 1931" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1239" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bogdanovi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="7715E0ECB9CDDDB2828B5E7F1486E63C" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) bogdanovi</emphasis>
Heptner 1931
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="6FA3D37D265FABE8FE462B9BCBF02F6A" authority="Neuhäuser 1936" authorityName="Neuhäuser" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1239" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intraponticus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="E3CA676F64648EF4569E82E55C8EBA4A" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) intraponticus</emphasis>
Neuhäuser 1936
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D49D13D65BEAFD82629705EB0F2FAA47" authority="Aharoni 1932" authorityName="Aharoni" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1239" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kariateni" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="91ACC0AAC1A44204F01E3F5588D774F4" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) kariateni</emphasis>
Aharoni 1932
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="52D5280B3A8F5B77F8CF48772D8C1810" authority="Yi?it and Çolak 1998" authorityName="Yi?it and Çolak" authorityYear="1998" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1239" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kilisensis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="03C3A7D858DDB15E122B1DC1E1270140" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) kilisensis</emphasis>
Yi?it and Çolak 1998
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D5D7B27019E536CB2D8131C59CC68D04" authority="Haas 1951" authorityName="Haas" authorityYear="1951" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1239" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qatafensis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="7D787B9694DDB8669B231041BBB31D5A" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones (Pallasiomys) qatafensis</emphasis>
Haas 1951
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="7AACECA6134C5B40600A241B571E6060" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Distribution:</emphasis>
From
<collectingCountry id="7311AA589C044C3A2547C78CB27051E5" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
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, and W
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to
<collectingCountry id="6DE6778DE515DD0C335B6DCD8D4D9C19" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001; Yi it et al., 1998
<emphasis id="94FAE79C6E5EE3DC235798894053E09C" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">a</emphasis>
),
<collectingCountry id="7B3844B4C68133E5DE1D48F24ACBE5AD" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
, N
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, NW
<collectingCountry id="310F39A2646A1C102DBAE1ACA45CFA98" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, and Transcaucasia (see
<bibRefCitation id="B7D2B54FC7F7BCEC0E0648F0ED1294BD" 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, 1991:294</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CBA50044130B4C1707E90CAE60E9250A" pageNumber="1239">
<emphasis id="FE94BF227459F0F7A94447FF22C8485C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="7B627564AEFD1F2D4D2E8D9BE729B1C7">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6D1E362C1D7BA514E1731194F3AB7D67" pageNumber="1239" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7CEC66A383BF44D009012765BF3079F3" pageNumber="1239">
<emphasis id="952B84D5C40025B05318BD60C39D9F8B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1239">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="62A8A7BD6B9434687C7BC25ADEC2A7CF" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Pallasiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Treated as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="6841D2C8B96C4EE7E1BFC83F52E030F1" authorityName="Duvernoy" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
<emphasis id="7C4A42E7405A0220AD6076393AF0D939" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">M. shawi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="6E6160C0D1C7337B8A891D43834946D9" author="Ellerman, J. R. &amp; T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" refId="ref93180" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1951">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)</bibRefCitation>
. The species was generally reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="69F0EC609232E277E0E77719077EC3E2" 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="13F0DA534F5431AEA94AD1A3778046A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="C8802574AFA6823F6F888C95982D8870" 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>
and regionally reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="9E0C887F8E21C9C77E78D3AC2EABC597" 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>
, Arabia),
<bibRefCitation id="1A7DE670CFE4B9C261C9FD7D36590164" 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>
and
<bibRefCitation id="F671C5ABDCC10803121A324916210491" 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>
,
<collectingCountry id="1449188DB9685A06562ED2DFFC1DF5A1" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="7E20496E07A13BB973C0205430AB597A" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="988F0636B8D9BF4BF3F61DBC6121F32F" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243162" refString="Misonne, X. 1957. Mammiferes de la Turquie sub-orientale et du nord de la Syrie. Mammalia, 21 (1): 53 - 67." year="1957">Misonne (1957</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="2B006545E8BB63C3814AC5E5FDE6F2D2" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
),
<bibRefCitation id="45134B4EEDF5B5022B00CAA941E88F74" 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>
, C Asia), Yi it et al. (1998
<emphasis id="1015EB36536C52B5DC743EB796AECD4E" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">a</emphasis>
,
<collectingCountry id="A6F16E4A2DE503D96832BC65E576E900" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
), and
<bibRefCitation id="51BBD033CCDA6B8AC215647319A5AEFE" author="Gromov, I. M. &amp; M. A. Erbajeva" refId="ref130294" refString="Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp." year="1995">Gromov and Erbajeva (1995</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry id="B66DB9B49D5F6B207C55E8B0D35B81BC" name="Russia">Russia</collectingCountry>
). Chromosomal polymorphism and its significance among Transcaucasian samples were reported by
<bibRefCitation id="C86798F8D631553D25E3B3B93B2ADC2C" author="Korobitsyna, K. V. &amp; V. P. Korablev" refId="ref194525" refString="Korobitsyna, K. V., and V. P. Korablev. 1980. The intraspecific autosome polymorphism of Meriones tristrami Thomas, 1892 (Gerbillinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia). Genetica, 52 / 53: 209 - 221." year="1980">Korobitsyna and Korablev (1980)</bibRefCitation>
. Populations in
<collectingCountry id="96CCEA4C808E83048CB5489C6F84CFBB" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
have a stable diploid number (72) but the fundamental number varies between
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W
<collectingCountry id="A1ACF9B85B2F8399375F104F1D38EABC" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
and
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samples from the rest of
<collectingCountry id="36E061ABD68C8DB7CB3171BC3F47C8F3" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(a diagnostic traits of
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M. t.
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</emphasis>
is its FN of 78; Yi it and Çolak, 1998).
<taxonomicName id="79D96439DF0D883A6B53C9797B90269C" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tristrami">
<emphasis id="B2717F4557527331A5693F08AB171EC5" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">Meriones tristrami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has resided in the S Levant, as documented by fossils, since at least 160,000 years before present (see reviews and references cited by
<bibRefCitation id="1AEB6395ACF33131EB9992FF1FA6F65A" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349586" refString="Tchernov, E. 1992. The Afro-Arabian component in the Levantine mammalian fauna-a short biogeographic review. Israel Journal of Zoology, 38: 155 - 192." year="1992">Tchernov, 1992</bibRefCitation>
,
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).
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claimed the Sinai Peninsula was the westernmost part of
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<emphasis id="72ACAFCD6F3CCE78440EA5B0F681DFEA" italics="true" pageNumber="1239">M. tristrami</emphasis>
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s range but provided no documentation; we cannot locate records west of
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.
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