Meriones chertgi Wang, 1964 . Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 1:9.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, N Xinjiang (Sinkiang), Da-Ho-Yien, Turfan .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pallasiomys . Wang (1964) considered this species, based on a series of adult and immature specimens, to be most closely related to M. meridianus, which also occurs in Xinjiang Prov (Ma et al., 1987). The relationship of chengi to the latter species needs to be assessed by revision of Meriones, especially the M. meridianus complex.