Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962

Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962, Definition Rodents Zakabkaziya: 115.

Type Locality: Armenia, Sadarak steppe, foothills of Vardanis (Saraibulak) Ridge.

Vernacular Names: Dahl's Jird.

Distribution: Local sandy habitats in Armenia.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Pallasiomys . Included in M. meridianus by Corbet (1978 c) but shown to be a separate species by Dyatlov and Avanyan (1987), whose results were based on morphological, biochemical, and chromosomal traits, as well as interbreeding experiments. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).