Dahl's jird
Species of rodent
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Dahl's jird (Meriones dahli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Armenia and the neighboring Agri province of Turkey.
| Dahl's jird | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Meriones |
| Species: | M. dahli |
| Binomial name | |
| Meriones dahli Shidlovsky, 1962 | |
Physically, the Dahl's jird most often has dark and brightly colored fur on its back with a lighter abdomen and black tail. Its external appearance led many to presume that the Dahl's jird was a subspecies of the midday jird (M. meridianus), but it has been ranked up to a full species.
