Libyan Jird - Meriones libycus - Libische Gerbil
Western Sahara to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and West-China.

The following 13 subspecies are being recognized:
Meriones libycus mariae - Western Sahara and Morocco;
Meriones libycus libycus - Algeria to Egypt;
Meriones libycus amplus - Libya;
Meriones libycus syrius - Syria and Lebanon to Southwest-Iran and North-Saudi Arabia;
Meriones libycus caucasicus - Azerbaijan to Iran;
Meriones libycus maxeratis - Southwest-Turkmenistan and Northeast-Iran;
Meriones libycus farsi - Iran;
Meriones libycus iranensis - Iran;
Meriones libycus oxianus - Uzbekistan and Northeast-Afghanistan;
Meriones libycus sogdianus - Uzbekistan and Iranian plateau of Afghanistan;
Meriones libycus erythrourus - Afghanistan to Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia;
Meriones libycus aquilo - Northwest-China;
Meriones libycus turfanensis - Northwest-China.

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