Dahl's jird

Dahl's jird (Meriones dahli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Armenia and the neighboring Agri province of Turkey. Physically the Dahl's jird most often has dark and brightly colored fur on its back with a lighter abdomen and black tail. Its external appearance led many to presume that the Dahl's jird was a member of the subspecies family M. meridianus dahli but it has been ranked up to a full species

Dahl's jird
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Meriones
Species:	M. dahli
Binomial name
Meriones dahli Shidlovsky, 1962