Moroccan jird | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Meriones |
Species: | M. grandis
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Binomial name | |
Meriones grandis
Cabrera, 1907
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The Moroccan jird (Meriones grandis) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. The species was first described by Ángel Cabrera in 1907. [2] It is endemic to Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia. [1] It had been included as part of Shaw's jird (Meriones shawi), but was considered in 2000 to be a separate species. [1]
Moroccan jird | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Meriones |
Species: | M. grandis
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Binomial name | |
Meriones grandis
Cabrera, 1907
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The Moroccan jird (Meriones grandis) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. The species was first described by Ángel Cabrera in 1907. [2] It is endemic to Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia. [1] It had been included as part of Shaw's jird (Meriones shawi), but was considered in 2000 to be a separate species. [1]