Moroccan jird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Moroccan jird Meriones grandis Least concern

Where the Moroccan 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 459 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

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

Where does the Moroccan jird live?

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

Morocco

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 Moroccan jird endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Moroccan jird?

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

About the Moroccan jird

The Moroccan jird (Meriones grandis) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. The species was first described by Ángel Cabrera in 1907. It is endemic to Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia. It had been included as part of Shaw's jird (Meriones shawi), but was considered in 2000 to be a separate species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Moroccan jird (revision 1357960303), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q3010882 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).