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.
| Cheng's 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. chengi
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| Binomial name | |
| Meriones chengi Wang, 1964
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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