Educational resources on Libyan Jird

Libyan Jird or Meriones libycus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Libyan Jird

Academic web links for the Libyan Jird.

ADW: Meriones libycus: Information
Meriones libycus, also known as the Libyan Jird, is very similar in size and shape to many other types of jirds. They are 5 to 6 inches long and have a tale that is roughly the
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Meriones_libycus.html

ADW: Meriones libycus: Specimens
Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus : Libyan jird Meriones libycus
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ADW: Muridae: Specimens
Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus : Libyan jird Meriones libycus: house mouse Mus musculus: house mouse
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Muridae_0015.html

ADW: Meriones: Specimens
Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus : Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus : Libyan jird Meriones libycus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Meriones.html

ADW: Meriones libycus: Classification
Meriones libycus (Libyan jird) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Meriones_libycus.html

ADW: Gerbillinae: Specimens
Meriones crassus: Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus : Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Gerbillinae.html

ADW: Gerbillinae: Specimens
Libyan jird Meriones libycus: Libyan jird Meriones libycus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus : fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat Psammomys obesus: fat sand rat
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/specimens/Gerbillinae_0015.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: libycus
Libyan Jird: Type Locality: "Libische Wuste" (Libyan Desert), as restricted by lectotype designation by Pavlinov (1982 c:1767); usually listed as Egypt, near Alexandria, due to the
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001147

ADW: meriones_lateral.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and ... Meriones libycus (Libyan jird)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/skulls/meriones/m._libycus/meriones_lateral...

ADW: meriones_dorsal.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank, and ... Meriones libycus (Libyan jird)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/skulls/meriones/m._libycus/meriones_dorsal...