Meriones (Parameriones) persicus Blanford 1875

Meriones (Parameriones) persicus Blanford 1875, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16: 312.

Type Locality: Iran, Kohrud, north of Isfahan.

Vernacular Names: Persian Jird.

Synonyms: Meriones (Parameriones) ambrosius Thomas 1919; Meriones (Parameriones) baptistae Thomas 1920; Meriones (Parameriones) gurganensis Goodwin 1939; Meriones (Parameriones) rossicus Heptner 1931; Meriones (Parameriones) suschkini (Kashkarov 1925) .

Distribution: Iran, adjacent regions of Transcaucasia, Turkey (E Anatolia), Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan (west of Indus River).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Parameriones . Regional studies available for the Middle East (Harrison and Bates, 1991), Pakistan (Roberts, 1977), Afghanistan (Hassinger, 1973), Iran (Lay, 1967; Morshed and Patton, 2002), E Anatolian Turkey (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001), and Russia (Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995). Yi it and Çolak (1999) recorded 2n = 42, FN = 78 for samples from E Turkey. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).