, Iran. This species is a new record for

the fauna of Iran. The species Meriones zarudnyi Heptner, 1937 was recorded for the first time

from Kushka in Turkmenistan (Fig.1A) and is distributed in the arid steppes of northern...

Jirds are very widespread in desert and semi descxt

جنس Meriones یکی از جنس های زیرخانواده Gerbillinae است. گونه های این جنس از شمال آفریقا تا چین گسترش یافته و با محیط های متفاوت سازش دارند. تا کنون 16 گونه از این جنس شناسایی شده که هشت گونه ی آن در ایران و 4 گونه ی آن در استات خراسان شمالی، رضوی و...

Genus Meriones is the dominant member of gerbils in the Palaearctic region, particularly in

aride region of Asia. This is also one of the most typical genus of subfamily Gerbillinae

with about 17 morphospecies namely: M. persicus, M...

Persian jird Meriones persicus is a widespread species in Iranian plateau and is one of the commonest jirds in desert rodents of Iran. We studied architecture of Persian jird\\\\\\'s burrow systems in the central part of its geographic range in Iran...

Five subspecies of the Persian Jird، Meriones persicus، were reported from Iran. These subspecies were described based on morphological characters and coat colors of few specimens. The question of the validity of these subspecies...

The characteristics of tympanic bullae have adaptation value. Based on the recent studies in the genus Meriones; meatus is the only part of tympanic bullae which has a taxonomic value. In this study, we examined interspecific changes of tympanic...

In order to determine the interspecific differences, morphometric characters of external, skull and tooth row...

Meriones crassus, Meriones persicus, and Meriones libycus from different areas of Khorasan provinces and Yazd province were studied by use of Random Amplified DNA polymorphism (RAPD) technique. DNA samples were analyzed by use of nine primers...

Elliptic Fourier analysis on the tympanic bullae in three Meriones species (Rodentia, Mammalia): its application in biosystematics...