GERBILLINAEGerbillinae, otherwise known as the gerbils, jirds, and relatives, is a large Old World murid subfamily. This subfamily is one of the most well-defined in Muroidea. Its members have much in common; most being diurnal, saltatorial desert rodents. There are 103 gerbilline species in 16 genera. (Musser and Carleton, 2005)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Members of the subfamily of Gerbillinae include:
Genus Ammodilus (ammodile and walo)
Genus Brachiones (Przewalski's gerbil)
Genus Desmodilliscus (pouched gerbil)
Genus Desmodilus (Cape short-eared gerbil)
Genus Dipodilus (dipodils)
Genus Gerbiliscus (African gerbils)
Genus Gerbilurus (hairy-footed gerbils)
Genus Gerbilus (gerbils)
Genus Meriones (jirds)
Genus Microdilus (Somali pygmy gerbil)
Genus Pachyuromys (fat-tailed gerbil)
Genus Psammomys (fat sand rats)
Genus Rhombomys (great gerbil)
Genus Sekeetamys (bushy-tailed jird)
Genus Tatera (large naked-soled gerbils)
Genus Taterillus (small naked-soled gerbils)
There is a Mongolian species of gerbil (subfamily Gerbillinae) known as the Clawed Jird, which has a latin name of: Meriones unguiculatus.