Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1235

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scientific name	Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962
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Meriones (Pallasiomys) dahli Shidlovsky 1962 , Definition Rodents Zakabkaziya: 115.

Type Locality: Armenia, Sadarak steppe, foothills of Vardanis (Saraibulak) Ridge.

Vernacular Names: Dahl's Jird.

Distribution: Local sandy habitats in Armenia.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Pallasiomys . Included in M. meridianus by Corbet (1978 c) but shown to be a separate species by Dyatlov and Avanyan (1987), whose results were based on morphological, biochemical, and chromosomal traits, as well as interbreeding experiments. Reviewed by Pavlinov et al. (1990).