Meriones tamariscinus (Pallas, 1773) . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:702.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kazakhstan, Saraitschikowski (= Saraichik) .

DISTRIBUTION: N Caucasus and Kazakhstan to the Altai Mtns, and through N Xinjiang and W Gansu of China.

SYNONYMS: ciscaucasicus, coIlium, jaxartensis, kokandicus, montanus, satschouensis, tamaricinus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Meriones . Reviewed by Corbet (1978c); regional reviews offered by Allen (1940, China), and Ma et al. (1987, Xinjiang).