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Illiger 1811
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<emphasis id="EFA97D72B4AED909B9151C77156B108D" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Mus tamariscinus</emphasis>
Pallas 1773
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<emphasis id="DDA02B9016D2C3DAC1A3913C5655A371" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Idomeneus</emphasis>
Schultze 1900
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;
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<emphasis id="A70825C26739F0D962303413D0EF881B" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meraeus</emphasis>
Billberg 1828
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.
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<emphasis id="54BE8536C9C3E9BD05A89B3FDF5C363B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1234">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
17 species in 4 subgenera:
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Subgenus
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<emphasis id="086A13106A8064CD71EB16CED302AB97" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Meriones)</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8790B0CABA53687A716EDB4E96D540E4" author="Illiger, C. D." refId="ref165267" refString="Illiger, C. D. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis uttriusque classis. Salfeld, Berlin, 301 pp." year="1811">Illiger 1811</bibRefCitation>
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Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="17B75A953A85F4F7307B012F51AF013B" authority="Heptner 1933" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="B451297718901C210ECC7043C27526D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys)</emphasis>
Heptner 1933
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Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="E23560DB937014AA071AFFCC72724E71" authority="Thomas 1919" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cheliones">
<emphasis id="CE2CEEC93CD9694085903F4D4CF83A3C" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Cheliones)</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="505E8B3E88FF2C9DB4B866C8C54F108B" 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>
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Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="7E00353B36B926872022F5F398F5DF38" authority="Heptner 1937" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Parameriones">
<emphasis id="87B7D8F1901977BBA999E6ADB20A6A93" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Parameriones)</emphasis>
Heptner 1937
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<paragraph id="A41B738013A27B127C22C21213E02BF2" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="9E848645775D34F8EBAF7E157D3CA315" authority="Cheesman and Hinton 1924" authorityName="Cheesman and Hinton" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arimalius" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="E3A5877F624885584F901284E081CAF1" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) arimalius</emphasis>
Cheesman and Hinton 1924
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<paragraph id="1530C52ED47FE7AD46AD7732B26B886E" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="95CA196590630C56164ECC51479A1926" authority="Wang 1964" authorityName="Wang" authorityYear="1964" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chengi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="180678120ACFB11BCE802674561C2D34" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) chengi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6756DA7EF535A4E4A702BDC6F6429DC0" author="Wang Sung" refId="ref382170" refString="Wang Sung. 1964. [New species and subspecies of mammals from Sinkiang, China.] Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1: 6 - 18 (in Chinese)." year="1964">Wang 1964</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="087F1C029D49E0A9B6C7A3C2DAA19915" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="00C0F8358D2D36B0445260023F2174E0" authority="Sundevall 1842" authorityName="Sundevall" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crassus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="07652BD7CB383F9E8276113D3E8CF719" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) crassus</emphasis>
Sundevall 1842
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<paragraph id="EFC2FAD016BCF210EBBA5CCB08B8B88B" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="8E4236AF1DBB016BAF8EF3A68EF1356A" authority="Shidlovsky 1962" authorityName="Shidlovsky" authorityYear="1962" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dahli" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="4A25E0333856D87B1C9FFAC96F60DDBB" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli</emphasis>
Shidlovsky 1962
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="965CB0CB6ED2F3D075F9AE141161FE42" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="A9464917B46CF6AD62EFE6BD7853FF46" authority="Cabrera 1907" authorityName="Cabrera" authorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grandis" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="49D9FFEB201C15C7D90038DBA456B250" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) grandis</emphasis>
Cabrera 1907
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BDB9EFB43E5F5C7F2DD3A053F6927154" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="C6B313D69D39B9CE0BAD84557D76210E" authority="Jordon 1867" authorityName="Jordon" authorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hurrianae" subGenus="Cheliones">
<emphasis id="50AAED46DC9ACBDCD62CE5BFBDF40C3B" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Cheliones) hurrianae</emphasis>
Jordon 1867
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5037B868971CBA5834BC1A5F9CFF3B37" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="D7BC3AA6187A234BDBF35861CF2EAD63" authority="Lichtenstein 1823" authorityName="Lichtenstein" authorityYear="1823" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="libycus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="270DB90A16CAB4ECC7A55BB6BA7CF5DD" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) libycus</emphasis>
Lichtenstein 1823
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="87A09D5F9DABAFB388AC47D9C7210D84" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="E9CEB7B8E59ACDEFC73F3D0C8E337D77" authority="(Pallas 1773)" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meridianus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="EA49C55A2636A91E0FCBB70DAF8DD2BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) meridianus</emphasis>
(Pallas 1773)
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="3C7AEDE8452FB56BAD23B6EED0E2E70C" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="4D606EC61465043774F1E8B43E8DC0B1" authority="Blanford 1875" authorityName="Blanford" authorityYear="1875" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="persicus" subGenus="Parameriones">
<emphasis id="2E9A36BF7C9D4138FA795801310E7ED7" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Parameriones) persicus</emphasis>
Blanford 1875
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C3B668250C8202F6E1C9DE2D553C15FB" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="B53E433865C9221BA1A18C302250F764" authority="Yerbury and Thomas 1895" authorityName="Yerbury and Thomas" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rex" subGenus="Parameriones">
<emphasis id="3FF770F4E715AF0655C52CE95030285C" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Parameriones) rex</emphasis>
Yerbury and
<bibRefCitation id="D5ADB5F57CEEEA618FF0C74EB7A7536F" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352050" refString="Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 16: 160 - 164." year="1895">Thomas 1895</bibRefCitation>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="48799329FF3951332AC9329C2D6ABDCF" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="A01A33C2FF280CCB4C5280910ECC5795" authority="Thomas 1922" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sacramenti" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="6CB6B035E05DBC0D0275544FB3A79DFF" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti</emphasis>
Thomas 1922
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="701EDDB5B6E3BA1F134A656D177A4951" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="067A2129B5B15704F88E1A87B5C3A445" authority="Duvernoy 1842" authorityName="Duvernoy" authorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="B5A91B34BA593C3B4A2465EC386CBDA8" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) shawi</emphasis>
Duvernoy 1842
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4E94116AAB4DBCF88EB4C815C85B09DB" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="B7543113C14706068301790B4A6870C2" authority="(Pallas 1773)" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tamariscinus" subGenus="Meriones">
<emphasis id="07626CE906E7D797D52868A61091584E" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Meriones) tamariscinus</emphasis>
(Pallas 1773)
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="41BD957DCAAA6B8AB1A134A53BBFD6A5" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="05E2311B38EFB060822B8C10E01EA2E8" authority="Thomas 1892" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1892" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tristrami" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="40B890DC628BDB35FEB22B13741D4119" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) tristrami</emphasis>
Thomas 1892
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="32845F3A14E6FAA8279E2F9ABA59C7D7" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="6B93F98254D9DD0DF1239F3FDF46C86A" authority="Milne-Edwards 1867" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unguiculatus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="C2C53FB6959EC6DA01C45B22ADDE5733" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) unguiculatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CDD8FA9BDD7EE5C328D7A29ABDDBB4D1" author="Milne-Edwards, A." refId="ref242802" refString="Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377." year="1867">Milne-Edwards 1867</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FAB149E2CF935CFF4F2C478B4D5D2A9A" pageNumber="1234">
Species
<taxonomicName id="8915922C146A1E9AEEA36C1472917C75" authority="Heptner 1931" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vinogradovi" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="16EBD51CEB068A250DDF58D29CAB2AD6" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) vinogradovi</emphasis>
Heptner 1931
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46C8E2BADA2734DEC19AFE692C598473" pageNumber="1234">
Species
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<emphasis id="5FA43B309D9AD92CBE9A573AA791678D" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones (Pallasiomys) zarudnyi</emphasis>
Heptner 1937
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="F2D23CAC3140E7C86016126140D60561" pageNumber="1234">
<emphasis id="C921E33D57B2ADCBB584EE37A1D26EA5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1234">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="6E3DC733EBEFAA589023DAA7E02832D4" pageNumber="1234">
Tribe
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, Subtribe
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. No modern systematic revision is available for
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<emphasis id="562B17C9A2909B6E6D194824142C2AD2" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
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. The early revision by
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, as updated and modified by
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,
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Corbet (1978
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)
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, and
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, represents the most current review of species. Additional taxonomic, distributional, and evolutionary views are found in the taxonomic reports and regional faunal studies cited throughout the accounts below. Most workers agree on definitions of the species we list here, but careful systematic revision will probably uncover a greater number of species. Chromosomal data concerning
<taxonomicName id="AE0F35F8B285B64CD9E1DBD991450BA6" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="61A35E00DD154A6025A6D33AFF1111F8" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was summarized by
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in the context of assessing relationships among the species and subsequent chromosomal information was summarized by
<bibRefCitation id="D6F4E7E95947C7CD9C0A49C5243E7C0D" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B. &amp; D. A. Schlitter" refId="ref295093" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B., and D. A. Schlitter. 1991. Cytogenetic data on the rodent family Gerbillidae. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 144: 1 - 20." year="1991">Qumsiyeh and Schlitter (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. Additional chromosomal data and its significance to understanding phylogenetic relationships among six species of
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<emphasis id="2A1AF73B180AED1BA8832CCD900CFA54" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
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reported by
<bibRefCitation id="9AD7E07B44F92A863942E3CAE193AEED" author="Benazzou, T. &amp; E. Viegas-Pequignot &amp; F. Petter &amp; B. Dutrillaux" refId="ref27029" refString="Benazzou, T., E. Viegas-Pequignot, F. Petter, and B. Dutrillaux. 1982 a. Phylogenie chromosomique de quatre especies de Meriones (Rongeur, Gerbillidae). Annales de Genetique, 25: 19 - 24." year="1982">
Benazzou et al. (1982
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,
<emphasis id="ACCEFCFA0B9DBDE0D5902AF34EE27AB8" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">b</emphasis>
).
<bibRefCitation id="F5896C5AC80EC19473ECED06713364B3" 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>
summarized laboratory hybridization attempts among several species of
<taxonomicName id="A3BF78C6DEC2B2C57BB1164F30A14A7D" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="240D890169A9FB82EAA71A1C90F6ADA2" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
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. Records of species from
<collectingCountry id="C39B1A2CA8546844003C3A5E28DFAADC" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
and
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reported by
<bibRefCitation id="A3513559DADF67B14C54E5D30F6EBAAF" author="Lay, D. M. &amp; J. A. W. Anderson &amp; J. D. Hassinger" refId="ref207635" refString="Lay, D. M., J. A. W. Anderson, and J. D. Hassinger. 1970. New records of small mammals from West Pakistan and Iran. Mammalia, 34: 97 - 106." year="1970">Lay et al. (1970)</bibRefCitation>
. Yi it et al. (1997
<emphasis id="35E3F89C78DB1F2A9938B22D19E5B9EE" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">b</emphasis>
) reviewed ranges, diagnostic traits, and other characteristics of Turkish species. Comparisons of male genital morphology by
<bibRefCitation id="22DE2C3016D4A291CAAEC04C64A0C19D" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya." refId="ref277349" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya. 1986. [Taxonomic significance of the male genital morphology in the subfamily Gerbillinae (Mammalia: Rodentia).] Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii, 91 (1): 8 - 16 (in Russian with English summary)." year="1986">Pavlinov (1986)</bibRefCitation>
pointed to the phylogenetic isolation of
<taxonomicName id="4817D4BA8A735E21BE4552E37308F334" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tamariscinus">
<emphasis id="47656BD9BA69507CB7ACD1294ED91213" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">M. tamariscinus</emphasis>
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among the species of
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<emphasis id="9896B966F81A24261BDA30275622EAF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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documented morphological and distributional contrasts among species of
<taxonomicName id="4BBCA794616DD6C978AB7407F2D74D44" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3624DE6E61F2FCC3FCA856A342D3EC98" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
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in
<collectingCountry id="5E3FF754D0164194F905E26B1CFAA18C" name="Russia">Russia</collectingCountry>
and
<bibRefCitation id="84E5C6B6463EC240B3CAF2A0EFB784AC" author="Sokolov, V. E. &amp; V. M. Neronov" refId="ref333594" refString="Sokolov, V. E., and V. M. Neronov (eds.). 1993. Peschanki roda Meriones Rossii b sopredel'nyh territoriy: Bibliografia i areologia [Jirds of the genus Meriones of Russia and adjacent regions: Bibliography and areology]. 3 vols. Ekopros, Moscow, 692 pp. (in Russian)." year="1993">Sokolov and Neronov (1993)</bibRefCitation>
provided a three-volume bibliography covering research dealing with
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<emphasis id="1A525AB4F1AAF9AC6AE92879B8803D46" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
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that includes distribution maps for species in that country.
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recognized four subgenera in
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<emphasis id="DC32A432D45E02F631C453D381C83750" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="F67482CBBA3A357EA37ECB043127BBA0" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="ADC025CED2B088F921F679365D9E64CC" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Parameriones">
<emphasis id="E144419B4078DCF4979119D711524D21" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Parameriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C3E554EB903ECC37FA0CEB463BC732A3" authorityName="Heptner" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pallasiomys">
<emphasis id="E93C68FD730E41565076BE3D64067C95" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Pallasiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="6AB8796A0EA5D8DE45154684AA549305" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Cheliones">
<emphasis id="6A8A96E007FC152E8B1C7AA6BF5C4F9F" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Cheliones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and our subgeneric allocation of species generally follows their treatment. Evolutionary history as indicated by fossils first encountered in late Pliocene-early Pleistocene sediments of North Africa (Tong, 1998;
<bibRefCitation id="8439F6A5B229E77AC6DC5C4E41227C0E" author="Wessels, W." refId="ref387239" refString="Wessels, W. 1999. Family Gerbillidae. Pp. 395 - 400, in The Miocene land mammals of Europe (G. E. Rossner and K. Heissig, eds.). Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munchen, 515 pp." year="1999">Wessels, 1999</bibRefCitation>
), Holocene of East Africa (Denys, 1999), early Pleistocene of
<collectingCountry id="544C3538C0337FCF3992681EC6B98F45" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A67739938D86CADD885B513A92458207" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349470" refString="Tchernov, E. 1986. The rodents and lagomorphs from ' Ubeidiya Formation: Systematics, paleoecology and biogeography. Pp. 235 - 350, in Les mammiferes du Pleistocene Inferieur de la Vallee du Jourdain a Oubeidiyeh (E. Tchernov, ed.). Memoires et Travaux du Centre de Recherche Francais de Jerusalem, 5: 1 - 405." year="1986">Tchernov, 1986</bibRefCitation>
, discussed under
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<emphasis id="A025B1595BB7D44A45A1F0E9FEE5E266" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Parameriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and middle Pleistocene strata in
<collectingCountry id="14D4CB4FB7E6BBC67E8CE60A6BC4F718" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="84A2165B2A03ADEDA35F21EF447EE867" author="Lucas, S. G." refId="ref217031" refString="Lucas, S. G. 2001. Chinese fossil vertebrates. Columbia University Press, New York, 320 pp." year="2001">Lucas, 2001</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="334C5094233A0D7627EB24FB72ACE412" authorityName="Illiger" authorityYear="1811" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Meriones" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1CC35C92561A13B05B9BD2D2FF991B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Meriones</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is thought to have evolved from the extinct
<taxonomicName id="FF0E055B248ACD11C22D4ABA16CE6545" authorityName="Schaub" authorityYear="1934" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomeriones" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A1D5154097327B466F16A224D1BE28ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1234">Pseudomeriones</emphasis>
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, the earliest known gerbilline, recorded from the early part of late Miocene in
<collectingCountry id="7FFB1BF82430D388E794E1A956D9320A" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="89AEE1A6BCE3847FB9ADF5C8B8F05C5D" name="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
, and later in late Miocene and Pliocene in those two countries and
<collectingCountry id="7128EFF3DF44701011A57957B3FEBF1D" name="Spain">Spain</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="0ACE22F77B93AB5ACE4664C017677653" name="Greece">Greece</collectingCountry>
, N
<collectingCountry id="BC543552569AA18E3D490AE33F66D910" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
/
<collectingCountry id="33241881A2A5C59CC22A11EEAEE1F198" name="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="0D6076793D8BAD28A262979FA972054F" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9C213E0AA6E732C9D4BCDFCEDC01AB4B" author="Wessels, W." refId="ref387208" refString="Wessels, W. 1998. Gerbillidae from the Miocene and Pliocene of Europe. Mitteilungen- - Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontolgie und Historische Geologie, 38: 187 - 207." year="1998">Wessels, 1998</bibRefCitation>
)
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.
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