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

TYPE LOCALITY: Iran, Kohrud, N of Isfahan .

DISTRIBUTION: From Iran, adjacent regions of Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan (W of Indus River).

SYNONYMS: ambrosius, baptistae, gurganensis, rossicus, suschkini .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Parameriones . Regional studies available for the Middle East (Harrison and Bates, 1991), Pakistan (Roberts, 1977), Afghanistan (Hassinger, 1973), and Iran (Lay, 1967).