{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | name = Moroccan jird | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=''Meriones grandis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T136460A115519732 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136460A22433226.en |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref> | genus = Meriones | species = grandis | authority = Cabrera, 1907 }}
The '''Moroccan jird''' ('''''Meriones grandis''''') is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. The species was first described by Ángel Cabrera in 1907.<ref name="MSW3">{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001145 | page = 1235}}</ref> It is endemic to Morocco, northern Algeria, and Tunisia.<ref name="IUCN"/> It had been included as part of Shaw's jird (''Meriones shawi''), but was considered in 2000 to be a separate species.<ref name="IUCN"/>
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{{Gerbillinae}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3010882}}
Category:Mammals described in 1907 Category:Meriones (rodent)
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