Cranial phenotypic variation in Meriones crassus and M. libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae), and a morphological divergence in M. crassus from the Iranian Plateau and Mesopotamia (Western Zagros Mountains)
Jirds (genus <em>Meriones</em>) are a diverse group of rodents, with a wide distribution range in Iran. Sundevall’s jird (<em>Meriones crassus</em> Sundevall, 1842) is one such species that shows a disjunct distribution, found on the Iranian Plateau and Western Zagros Mountai...
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Consortium of European Natural History Museums
2014-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Taxonomy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/210 |