Meriones tristrami Thomas, 1892 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9: 148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Israel, Dead Sea .

DISTRIBUTION: Israel and W. Jordan to Turkey, N. W. Syria, E. Iraq, N.W. Iran, and Transcaucasian U.S. S.R.

COMMENT: Includes blackleri; tristrami was formerly included in shawi; see Petter, 1961, Mammalia, suppl., p. 48, Harrison, 1972, The Mammals of Arabia, 3:572, and Corbet, 1978:126. Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 164, listed blackleri as a distinct species, without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008092011001 as M. tristrami .

5301410008092002001 as M. blackleri .