King jird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

King jird Meriones rex Least concern

Where the king jird lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 11 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Meriones rex
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the king jird live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the king jird in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Saudi Arabia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the king jird endangered?

The king jird’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the king jird?

The king jird (Meriones rex) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Meriones. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the king jird

The king jird (Meriones rex) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article King jird (revision 1369571163), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1768251 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).