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)