Cheng's jird

{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Smith, A.T. |author2=Johnston, C.H. |date=2016 |title=''Meriones chengi'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T13160A22434184 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13160A22434184.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Meriones | species = chengi | authority = Wang, 1964 }}

'''Cheng's jird''' ('''''Meriones chengi''''') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001142 | page = 980}}</ref> It was named in honour of the Chinese zoologist Professor Tso-hsin Cheng. It is found only in the Turpan Depression of eastern Xinjiang, China.

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Category:Meriones (rodent) Category:Rodents of China Category:Mammals described in 1964 Category:Endemic fauna of China Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot