Mongolian gerbil
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Name (Hebrew)
גרביל מונגולי
Name (Latin)
Mongolian gerbil
Name (Arabic)
الجربوع المنغولي
Other forms of name
Clawed jird
Meriones chihfengensis
Meriones koslovi
Meriones kurauchii
Meriones selenginus
Meriones unguiculatus
Sand rat
Tamarisk gerbil
See Also From tracing topical name
Jirds
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q649817
Library of congress:
sh 95010602
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Loskota, W.J. A stereotaxic atlas of the Mongolian gerbil brain (Meriones unguiculatus), c1974.
- Grzineck's animal life encyc., 1975:v. 11, p. 345 (Clawed jird (Meriones unguiculatus))
- Walker's mammals of the world, 5th ed.:v. 2, p. 734 (Jirds; M. unguiculatus)
- Corbet, G.B. World list of mam. spec., 3rd ed.:p. 175, under Meriones (jirds, gerbils; Sahara-China; Steppe, desert; M. unguiculatus; mongolian gerbil (clawed jird))
- Viner, B. All about your gerbil, 1999:p. 2 (Gerbils (or more accurately, the Mongolian gerbil))
- Aistrop, J.B. The Mongolian gerbil, 1968:p. 7 (Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus)
- Random House(gerbil 2. Also called tamarisk gerbil. A jird, Meriones unguiculatus, that is popular as a pet. Also, called sand rat.)
- Mammal species of the world:p. 558 (Meriones unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards); syn: chihfengensis, koslovi, kurauchii, selenginus)
- Wood, F.L. Guinness book of pet records, 1984:p. 130 (Gerbils. The best-known member of the gerbil family (Gerbillinae) is the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) or Clawed Jird)
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Wikipedia description:
The Mongolian gerbil, also referred to as the Mongolian jird (Meriones unguiculatus), is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. Their body size is typically 110–135 mm (4+1⁄4–5+1⁄4 in), with a 95–120 mm (3+3⁄4–4+3⁄4 in) tail, and body weight 60–130 g (2–4+1⁄2 oz), with adult males larger than females. The animal is used in science for research or kept as a small house pet. Their use in science dates back to the later half of the 19th century, but they only started to be kept as pets in the English-speaking world after 1954, when they were brought to the United States. However, their use in scientific research has fallen out of favor.
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