Meriones crassus — Literature

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References

  • Choshniak, I., S. Yahav. 1987. Can desert rodents better utilize low quality roughage than their non-desert kindred?. Journal of Arid Environment, 12: 241-246.
  • Degen, A., I. Khokhlova, M. Kam, K. Nagy. 1997. Body size, granivory and seasonal dietary shifts in desert gerbilline rodents. Functional Ecology, 11: 53-59.
  • Gould, E., G. McKay. 1998. Encyclopedia of Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
  • Haim, A., G. Levi. 1990. Role of Body Temperature is Seasonal Acclimation: Photoperiod-Induced Rhythms and Heat Production in Meriones crassus. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 256: 237-241.
  • Harrison, D., P. Bates. 1991. The Mammals of Arabia. Kent, Engalnd: Harrison Zoological Museum.
  • Hayssen, V., A. Van Tienhoven, A. Van Tienhoven. 1993. Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction; A Compendium of Species-Species Data. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing.
  • I., Helmy., & D. Osborn.   (1980).  The Contemporary Land Mammals of Egypt (including Sinai) Field Museum of Natural History, no. 5, Cairo..  
  • Khokhlova, I., A. Degen, M. Kam. 1995. Body size, gender, seed husking and energy requirements in two species of desert gerbilline rodents, Meriones crassus and Gerbillus henleyi. Functional Ecology, 9: 720-724.
  • Khokhlova, I., M. Kam, S. Gonen, A. Degen. 2000. Level of Energy Intake Affects the Estrous Cycle in Sundevall's Jird (Meriones crassus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73 (3): 257-263.
  • Koffler, B. 1972. Meriones crassus. Mammalian Species, 9: 1-4.
  • M., Basuony., F. Gilbert., & S. Zalat.   (2010).  Mammals of Egypt: Atlas, Red Data Listing & Conservation, Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, Cairo..  
  • Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • R., Hoath.   (2003).  A Field Guide to the Mammals of Egypt, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo..  
  • Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
  • Roberts, T. 1997. The Mammals of Pakistan. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
  • Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204
  • Yahav, S., I. Choshniak. 1990. Response of the digestive tract to low quality dry food in the fat jird (Meriones crassus) and the levant vole (Microtus guentheri). Journal of Arid Environment, 19: 209-215.
  • [Anonymous]   (2011).  ARKive.  

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