What is Persian Jird?
{{Taxobox | name = Persian jird | status = LR/lc | status_system = iucn2.3 | image = Meriones persicus.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Persian jird, female, two and a half years old. | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Muridae]] | genus = ''[[Meriones (genus)|Meriones]]'' | subgenus = ''[[Parameriones]]'' | species = '''''M. persicus''''' | binomial = ''Meriones persicus'' | binomial_authority = ([[William Thomas Blanford|Blanford]], 1875) | synonyms = }} The '''Persian jird''' (''Meriones persicus'') is a species of [[rodent]] in the [[Muridae]] family. It is found in [[Afghanistan]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Pakistan]], [[Turkey]], and [[Turkmenistan]]. The Persian jird is about 6&nbsp;inches long. It has a brush-tipped tail that is slightly longer than the body. They are wild brown with white bellies. They live in dry rocky hillsides with little plant life and semi-desert areas. The eat dry plant material and grains, and sometimes small insects. Persian jirds usually have two litters a year. Each litter has around seven pups. Some people keep them as a pet. They can live to be six or seven years old. They need large cages that let them climb and leap. {{commons|Meriones persicus}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rodents]] [[Category:Mammals of Pakistan]]