Meriones tamariscinus (Pallas, 1773) . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:702.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., W. Kazakhstan S.S. R., Saraitschikowski (=Saraichik), 47° 30' N., 51 ° 47' E .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Caucasus and Kazakhstan to the Altai Mtns., and through N. Sinkiang to W. Kansu (China).

COMMENT: Type locality restricted by Chaworth-Musters and Ellerman, 1947, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1947- 1948:482.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008092010001.