# Cheng's jird

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{{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](/source/rodent) in the family [Muridae](/source/Muridae).<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001142 | page = 980}}</ref> It was named in honour of the Chinese zoologist Professor [Tso-hsin Cheng](/source/Tso-hsin_Cheng).
It is found only in the [Turpan Depression](/source/Turpan_Depression) of eastern [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang), [China](/source/China).

==References==
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{{Gerbillinae|G1.}}
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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

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