The distribution of meriones ranges from northern africa to mongolia. Furthermore, the values of the estimated k2p genetic distance between closelyrelated and welldefined meriones species, such as meriones libycus, meriones rex, m. Efficacy of three anticoagulant rodenticides against rattus rattus and meriones libycus under laboratory conditions. Una ning gihulagway ni lichtenstein ni adtong 1823. Intraspecific molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the. Structural study and expression of the androgen receptors. The libyan jird, meriones libycus, is described as occurring from morocco to the mongolian plateau. Therefore, we tested this hypothesis using a combination of geometric morphometrics and multivariate statistical techniques on a large sample of two jird species that exhibit a wide and partially overlapping geographical and hence climatic range, i. Injectable anaesthetic techniques in 2 species of gerbil. Based on our divergence time estimates, all divergence events within m. The mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus, more correctly called the mongolian jird, is also known as the clawed jird, the sand rat, or the desert rat. Once known as desert rats, the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of african, indian, and asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. Conclusionsthis is the first molecular report of parasite infection of both vector p. Socioecology of saharan gerbils, especially meriones libycus socioecology of saharan gerbils, especially meriones libycus daly, martin.
A large anterior process of the malleus processus gracilis, folianus, or longus of various authors is known to occur in monotremata, marsupialia, insectivora, edentata, and chiroptera1,2. Systematics and evolution of the libyan jird based on. The libyan jird, meriones libycus, lichtenstein, 1823, is one of the most widely distributed wild rodents. Three anticoagulant rodenticides were used against rattus rattus and meriones libycus in choice and no choice feeding tests under laboratory conditions. Gerbillidae as the main reservoir host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in arsanjan, fars province, south of iran 19992000. Pdf on feb 6, 2014, sedaghat m and others published meriones libycus find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Indigenous house mice dominate small mammal communities in.
General information about meriones libycus mernli name language. Pdf injectable anaesthetic techniques in 2 species of. Meriones libycus is the main reservoir of zoonotic. Habitatele sale naturale sunt terenurile tropicale sau subtropicale cu arbu. Molecular detection and conventional identification of. Zarudnys jird meriones zarudnyi is a species of rodent in the family muridae. Jirds genus meriones comprise a group of rodents, of which the biodiversity is still poorly known. Reference data of haematology and serum biochemistry in adult. The libyan jird meriones libycus is a species of rodent in the family muridae. The pattern of reproduction in the libyan jird meriones libycus.
Meriones tristrami, meriones persicus, meriones vinogradovi and meriones libycus, prone to several issues of taxonomical ambiguity. Injectable anaesthetic techniques in 2 species of gerbil meriones libycus and meriones unguiculatus. It is found in afghanistan, iran, and turkmenistan references. Jirds genus meriones are a diverse group of rodents, with a wide distribution range in iran. Harderian epithelium structure in meriones libycus during reproductive cycle. An meriones libycus in nahilalakip ha genus nga meriones, ngan familia nga muridae. Ginklasipika han iucn an species komo diri gud kababarakan. Mammal species of the world a taxonomic and geographic reference. Pituitary adrenal axis activity in the male libyan jird, meriones libycus. Meriones libycus is the main reservoir of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in south islamic republic iran. The drug combination of metomidate and fentanyl was the only preparation that consistently produced surgical anaesthesia. Muridae from central saudi arabia in the absence of rainfalld. Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and.
Gerbillinae and its morphological comparison with meriones persicus, meriones vinogradovi and meriones libycus. Using samples collected from the kingdom of saudi arabia, we examined. The comparative gastrointestinal morphology of five. Differential predation on gerbils meriones by the little. In this study, body mass, morphometry of the reproductive tract, the histology of the reproductive organs, and the hormone concentrations of males and females were studied over 12 consecutive months in a wild population of the libyan jird from.
Pituitary adrenal axis activity in the male libyan jird. This page was last edited on 14 september 2017, at 21. Figure 1 location of the villages in the turkemen sahara of the golestan province of iran in which the meriones libycus were captured. Efficacy of three anticoagulant rodenticides against rattus. Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and wild libyan jird meriones libycus in riyadh, saudi arabia. A survey study on the helminth parasites of two wild jirds. Alagaili b a department of zoology and entomology, university of pretoria, private bag x20, hatfield 0028, south africa. A survey study on the helminth parasites of two wild jirds, meriones shawi and m. Karraskarien barruko gerbillinae azpifamilia eta muridae familian sailkatuta dago. Camille harris, in manual of exotic pet practice, 2009. Morphological differences observed between these two populations, however, lack quantitative support. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, intermittent saline lakes, hot deserts, and rural gardens. All the caught rodents 47 tatera indica, 44 meriones hurriana, 5 gerbilus nanus and 4 meriones libycus were studied for endoparasites emphasizing to their zoonotic aspects. Predation on experimental groups of desert rodents by the owl, athene brahma, was differentially successful.
The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs. Our results support the existence of at least three subspecies within the libyan jird. Meriones shawi duvernoy, 1842 taxonomic serial no 632985 download help meriones shawi tsn 632985 taxonomy and nomenclature kingdom. We collected meriones from eight localities in tunisia, and obtained mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear irbp gene sequence data for 37 and specimens, respectively, belonging to two species. Location of the villages in the turkemen sahara of the golestan province of iran in which the meriones libycus were captured. Nested pcr was employed to detect leishmania in rodents by amplifying a region of the ribosomal rna amplicon of leishmania its15. Plague from eating raw camel liver volume 11, number 9. Meriones crassus is cranially distinguishable from m.
Des cultures obtenues a partir dhybrides femelles entre deux especes demeriones a 44 chromosomes et differant par lacrocentrie m. Cranial phenotypic variation in meriones crassus and m. Meriones is a rodent genus that includes the gerbil most commonly kept as a pet, meriones unguiculatus. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf phlebotomus papatasi and meriones libycus as the vector and reservoir host of cutaneous leishmaniasis in qomrood district, qom province, central iran. Giklaseklase sa iucn ang espesye sa kinaminosang kalabotan. Endoparasites including spirurida, hymenolepis diminuta, hymenolepis nana feraterna, trichuris trichiura, skerjabino taenia, trichostrongylus spp, entamoeba muris, chilomastix mesnili and leishmania spp were.
Meriones libycus, shaws jird meriones shawi, and tristrams jird meriones tristrami show a tendency to develop granulosa cell ovarian tumors after 30 months of age. Pagka karon wala pay siak nga nalista ubos niini niya. The pattern of reproduction in the libyan jird meriones. A gerbil is a small mammal of the subfamily gerbillinae in the order rodentia. It is found in mauritania, morocco, algeria, tunisia, libya, egypt, jordan, syria, saudi arabia, iran, iraq, afghanistan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan, kazakhstan and western china. The effects of a range of injectable anaesthetic agents were assessed in two species of gerbil m. Phlebotomus papatasi and meriones libycus as the vector and.
Novel identification of leishmania major in hemiechinus. However, the mongolian gerbil meriones unguiculatus, on which this chapter will focus, is the most common species of gerbil used in biomedical research schwentker, 1963. This article was made available online on 06 september 2017 as a fast track article with title. Reason for this is that several species of similar morphologies are known to occur sympatrically. Meriones libycus was the dominant rodent 100% of 65 rodents collected and 4. The libyan jird is a large species of jird with a headandbody length of 100 to 160 mm 3. Apr 01, 2017 three meriones species inhabit tunisia, namely m. The genus contains most animals referred to as jirds, but members of the genera sekeetamys, brachiones, and sometimes pachyuromys are also known as jirds. Meriones libycus, meriones crassus have been used as experimental animals belhocine et al. It has a vast range extending from north africa morocco and mauritania spanning arabia and eastwards to sinkiang in china harrison and bates, 1991, roberts, 1997. We have shown that the harderian glands of meriones libycus are tubuloalveolar glands with wide lumen. Nov 15, 2017 the analysis of the collected small mammals showed that their communities are heavily dominated by the house mouse mus musculus and to a lesser extent cricetulus migratorius and meriones libycus. Three subspecies are known from morphological determinations but not genetic data.
Pdf meriones libycus is the main reservoir of zoonotic. Pdf cranial variation in meriones tristrami rodentia. Meriones tristrami, known as tristrams jird, is a species of gerbil that lives in the middle east. Microscopic investigation on blood smear of the animals for amastigote parasites revealed 1 3. Pdf phlebotomus papatasi and meriones libycus as the. Risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and wild libyan jird meriones libycus in riyadh, saudi arabia author details khadiga g. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The morphology of the harderian glands was studied by light microscopy and morphometry, whereas the expression of the androgen receptors was assessed and quantified based on immunohistochemistry techniques. Pdf phlebotomus papatasi and meriones libycus as the vector. The reproductive pattern of the libyan jird meriones libycus lichtenstein, 1823 from central saudi arabia was investigated in the absence of rainfall.
An meriones libycus in uska species han rodentia nga ginhulagway ni lichtenstein hadton 1823. Meriones rex king jird, meriones libycus libyan jird, acomys dimidiatus eastern spiny mouse, acomys cahirinus egyptian spiny mouse and dipodillus dasyurus wagners dipodil are five species of small rodents of the superfamily muroidea with distributions in eastern africa, egypt and the desert regions of the arabian peninsula. This study was undertaken to document the impact of heavy metal pollution on the libyan jird. Efficacy of three anticoagulant rodenticides against. Rodents were captured using live traps and screened for leishmania species using molecular and conventional methods, including the taking of smears from each ear. Este gasita in mauritania, maroc, algeria, tunisia, libia, egipt, iordania, siria, arabia saudita, iran, irak, afganistan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan, kazahstan. It is named after the reverend henry baker tristram who collected the first specimens. Ang meriones libycus sakop sa kahenera nga meriones sa kabanay nga ilaga. Our cytoarchitectural investigation of the harderian gland of m. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Meriones unguiculatus an overview sciencedirect topics. We used museum collection locations to create a niche model of the most likely suitable habitat for this species within its potential extent. Sundevalls jird meriones crassus sundevall, 1842 is one such species that shows a disjunct distribution, found on the iranian plateau and western zagros mountains.