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Dahl’s Jird :: Meriones dahli

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 047

On today’s show we learn about the Dahl's Jird, a critically endangered mammal native to the border region of Turkey and Armenia in Eastern Anatolia, specifically the Iğdır province in Turkey.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (19:16) Citations
• (21:05) Music
• (27:38) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan). "Gerbillinae". Poor, A. 2005. – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gerbillinae/ 
• Biodiversity and Conservation. Vol 25. “An overview of biodiversity and conservation status of steppes of the Anatolian Biogeographical Region.” Ambarlı, Didem & Zeydanlı, Uğur & Balkız, Özge & Aslan, Serdar & Karacetin, Evrim & Sözen, Mustafa & Ilgaz, Çetin & Gürsoy Ergen, Arzu & Lise, Yildiray & Demirbas, Semiha & Welch, Hilary & Welch, Geoff & Turak, Ayşe & Bilgin, Can & Özkil, Aydan & Vural, Mecit. (2016). – http://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1172-0
• Brazilian Journal of Biology. Vol. 82. “The present status, distribution, demography, and diet of the Dahl’s Jird.” Bulut, Şafak. (2021). – http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.237849
• CEPF, WWF. “Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus” Report. Zazanashvili, N. and Mallon, D. (Editors) 2009 pg.111. Tbilisi: Contour Ltd. – https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?185301/New-publication-based-on-CEPF-supported-studies
• Conference presentation: 6th International Conference of Rodent Biology and Management. “Recent information on population status of Meriones dahli that is close to extinction in the Middle East”. Bulut, Şafak & Akbaba, Burak & Doğan, Murat & Ulusoy, Kadir & Karataş, Ahmet. (2018). – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352982807_Recent_information_on_population_status_of_Meriones_dahli_that_is_close_to_extinction_in_the_Middle_East
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13162/22433617
• Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 100, Issue 1, 28 February 2019, Pages 55–71. “The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran,” Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Kaveh Faizolahi, Jamshid Darvish, Kamran Safi, José Carlos Brito – https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz002
• United States Agency of International Development “Map of Land Use in the Ararat Valley” – https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ararat_Valley_Landcover_ENG.jpg
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahl%27s_jird

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