Tristram's jird: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Meriones tristrami
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 Tristram's jird live?

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

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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 Tristram's jird endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Tristram's jird?

The Tristram's jird (Meriones tristrami) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Meriones. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Tristram's jird

Tristram's jird (Meriones tristrami) is a species of rodent that lives in the Middle East. It is named after the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram who collected the first specimens. It is up to 155 mm (6.1 in) long, and lives in burrows in steppes and semi-deserts from Turkey and the Caucasus to Israel and Iran. Records from the Greek island of Kos represent the only gerbils reported from Europe, outside the former Soviet Union. It is a common, widespread species, and is not considered to be threatened.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tristram's jird (revision 1315195819), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q739098 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).