Cheng's jird

Cheng's jird
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Meriones
Species:	M. chengi
Binomial name
Meriones chengi Wang, 1964

Cheng's jird (Meriones chengi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[2] It was named in honour of the Chinese zoologist Professor Tso-hsin Cheng. It is found only in the Turpan Depression of eastern Xinjiang, China.

References

1. Smith, A.T.; Johnston, C.H. (2016). "Meriones chengi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13160A22434184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13160A22434184.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 980. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.