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title: "Mid-day Jird"
description: "Meriones meridianus — Mammiferi. The midday jird (Meriones meridianus), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mid-day-jird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mid-day Jird

> Meriones meridianus — Mammiferi. The midday jird (Meriones meridianus), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Meriones meridianus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 73
- Wikidata: [Q1761490](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1761490)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44673](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44673)

## Names

- en: Mid-day Jird
- de: Mittagsrennratte
- fr: Mérione méridienne
- nl: Chinese renmuis
- pl: Suwak pustynny

## Countries with the most observations

MN (13), RU (10), KZ (3)

## Summary

The midday jird (Meriones meridianus), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia. It has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2008.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midday_jird

## Photo

![Mid-day Jird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mid-day-jird/medium.jpg)

Photo: J G Keulemans · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Midday.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mid-day-jird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).