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Tristram's jird

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Tristram's jird (Meriones tristrami) is a small rodent of the Middle East, a gerbil of the genus Meriones and its subgenus Pallasiomys. Oldfield Thomas described it in 1892 from material collected in the Dead Sea region of Israel by Canon Henry Baker Tristram, whom the species name commemorates. The head and body measure about 100 to 155 millimetres. The back is dark yellowish brown, the sides yellowish orange and the belly white, and the bi-colored tail ends in a small black tuft. It lives in burrows in steppes and semi-deserts from Turkey and the Caucasus south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran, and it feeds on seeds and leaves without storing food in its burrow. It is widespread, has no serious threats and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Diet
Granivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Other or No Known Threats 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Muridae, Taxa
Source Mammal Diversity Database: Meriones tristrami

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)
Steppe, Biomes
Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Armenia

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Azerbaijan

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Iran

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Iraq

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Israel

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Jordan

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Lebanon

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Syria

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Turkey

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Source Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
Sources
1. Tristram's jird (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and ecology, diet
    It feeds on various seeds and leaves
  • Distribution and ecology, leaves
    It feeds on various seeds and leaves
  • Conservation
    has no serious threats
  • Lead, burrows
    lives in burrows in steppes and semi-deserts
  • Distribution and ecology
    Meriones tristrami is found from Turkey in the west, to the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan), and south through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel to Jordan and Iran.
  • In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
    is a species of rodent that lives in the Middle East
  • In Biome: Desert, Distribution and ecology, semi-deserts
    It lives in semi-deserts and steppes
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2. Mammal Diversity Database: Meriones tristrami
Mammal Diversity Database
  • IUCN Red List status
    Least Concern
  • Species status
    Living
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Taxonomy
    Family: Muridae
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