Meriones tamariscinus

Meriones tamariscinus (Pallas, 1773). Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:702. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., W. Kazakhstan S.S. R., Saraitschikowski (=Saraichik), 47° 30' N., 51 ° 47' E. DISTRIBUTION: N. Caucasus and Kazakhstan to the Altai Mtns., and through N. Sinkiang to W. Kansu (China). COMMENT: Type locality restricted by Chaworth-Musters and Ellerman, 1947, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1947- 1948:482. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008092010001.Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 425, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735303