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NRLD - 123 | Meriones unguiculatus

Assessment ID
123
Taxon name
Meriones unguiculatus
Milne-Edwards, 1867
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Meriones unguiculatus
Milne-Edwards, 1867
Common name(s)
Mongolian gerbil or Mongolianjird (English), Mongol chichuul or hul chichuul(Mongolian)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
muridae
Genus
Meriones
Species
unguiculatus
Species authority
Milne-Edwards, 1867
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Mongolia
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Mongolia
Country ISO code(s)
MNG
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a large population size and a wide distribution.No decline in population size has been detected.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2006
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Clark, E.L., Munkhbat, J., Dulamtseren, S., Baillie, J.E.M., Batsaikhan, N., Samiya, R. and Stubbe, M. (compilers and editors). 2006. Mongolian Red List of Mammals. Regional Red List Series Vol. 1. Zoological Society of London, London. (In English and Mongolian).
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Mongolia-Red-List-of-Mammals-2006-English.pdf; https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Mongolia-Red-List-of-Mammals-2006-Mongolian-.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Clark et al. 2006
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
No information available
Publication
Mongolian Red List of Mammals
Clark, E.L., J. Munkhbat, S. Dulamtseren, J.E.M. Baillie, N. Batsaikhan, R. Samiya, and M. Stubbe, (compilers and editors). 2006. Mongolian Red List of Mammals. Regional Red List Series Vol. 1. Zoological Society of London, London. (In English and Mongolian).