Midday jird

Weight

53 g – 62.1 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

6.48 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

6.8 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

23.4 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

5.6src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

3src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The midday jird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyMuridae
6. genusMeriones
7. SpeciesMeriones meridianus (Pallas, 1773)

Synonyms Gerbillus brevicaudatus, Gerbillus cryptorhinus, Gerbillus lepturus, Gerbillus meridianus nogaiorum, Gerbillus meridianus psammophilus, Gerbillus psammophilus, Gerbillus roborowskii, Gerbillus urianchaicus, Meriones auceps, Meriones büchneri, Meriones buechneri, Meriones cryptorhinus, Meriones fulvus, Mus meridianus, Pallasiomys meridianus heptneri, Pallasiomys meridianus karelini, Pallasiomys meridianus massagetes, Pallasiomys meridianus penicilliger, Pallasiomys meridianus shitkovi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Mongolian gerbil

Meriones unguiculatus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Libyan jird

Meriones libycus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Sundevall's jird

Meriones crassus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Persian jird

Meriones persicus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

V

Vinogradov's jird

Meriones vinogradovi

MuridaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Tristram's jird

Meriones tristrami

Muridae

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@misc{midday_jird_2026,
  title = {Midday jird (Meriones meridianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/midday-jird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}