Meriones may refer to: Meriones (mythology), a hero of the Trojan War Meriones (genus), a genus of gerbil that includes the species most commonly kept...
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In Greek mythology, Meriones (/məˈraɪəniːz/ mə-RY-ə-neez; Ancient Greek: Μηριόνης, romanized: Mēriónēs) was the Cretan son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe...
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Meriones is a rodent genus that includes the gerbil most commonly kept as a pet, Meriones unguiculatus. The genus contains most animals referred to as...
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Mongolian gerbil (redirect from Meriones Unguiculatus)
printed works and in websites, due to the genus Meriones sharing the name with Greek warrior Meriones in Homer's Iliad; however, translations like "clawed...
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Genus Meriones Subgenus Meriones Tamarisk jird, Meriones tamariscinus Subgenus Parameriones Persian jird, Meriones persicus King jird, Meriones rex Subgenus...
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period of 12.96 hours. It was named after the Cretan leader Meriones from Greek mythology. Meriones is a dark Jovian asteroid orbiting in the leading Greek...
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Company built two: Automedon at Jarrow and Meriones at Hebburn, both launched in 1921. Palmers launched Meriones on 19 August 1921 and completed her in September...
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Asius, son of King Dymas, and brother of Phaenops. Adamas was killed by Meriones. Homer, Iliad 12.140 & 13.759 Homer, Iliad 13.560 Homer, The Iliad with...
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Tristram's jird (redirect from Meriones tristrami)
subgenus Pallasiomys of the gerbil genus Meriones, and its members have sometimes been included within the species Meriones shawi. A number of subspecies have...
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Indian desert jird (redirect from Meriones hurrianae)
The Indian desert jird or Indian desert gerbil (Meriones hurrianae) is a species of jird found mainly in the Thar Desert in India. Jirds are closely related...
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shipbuilder who constructed the boat that Paris used to kidnap Helen. Meriones targeted Phereclos and killed him by ramming a spear into his right buttock...
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Odysseus is armed for a night raid to be conducted against the Trojans. Meriones gave Odysseus a bow, a quiver and a sword, and put a cleverly made leather...
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Martin West suggested that the name Meriones, a character in Homeric epic, is "identical" to maryannu. Thus, Mērionēs would be the Homeric Greek version...
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Ariadne merione, the common castor, is an orange butterfly with brown lines whose larvae feed almost exclusively on castor (Ricinus communis). It is similar...
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of the suitors of Helen, as well as a comrade of the Telamonian Ajax. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms. Idomeneus was described by the...
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Sundevall's jird (redirect from Meriones crassus)
Gender of Its rodent Host, Meriones crassus?" Journal of Experimental Biology 212 (2009): 1429-35. Print. Koffler, Barry R. "Meriones crassus." Mammalian Species...
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Pallasiomys Meriones arimalius - Arabian jird Meriones chengi - Cheng's jird Meriones crassus - Sundevall's jird Meriones dahli - Dahl's jird Meriones grandis...
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Moroccan jird (redirect from Meriones grandis)
as part of Shaw's jird (Meriones shawi), but was considered in 2000 to be a separate species. Hutterer, R. (2008). "Meriones grandis". IUCN Red List of...
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Tamarisk jird (redirect from Meriones tamariscinus)
The tamarisk jird or tamarisk gerbil (Meriones tamariscinus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan,...
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Arabian jird (redirect from Meriones arimalius)
The Arabian jird (Meriones arimalius) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Cassola...
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Libyan jird (redirect from Meriones libycus)
The locomotory activity patterns of the King jird (Meriones rex) and Lybian [sic] jird (Meriones lybicus) from Saudi Arabia". Journal of Arid Environments...
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Midday jird (redirect from Meriones meridianus)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meriones meridianus. Wikispecies has information related to Meriones meridianus. Batsaikhan, N.; Tsytsulina, K...
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gerbil Gerbillus simoni Genus: Meriones Sundevall's jird Meriones crassus Libyan jird Meriones lybicus Shaw's jird Meriones shawi Genus: Pachyuromys Fat-tailed...
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Buxton's jird (redirect from Meriones sacramenti)
Buxton's jird (Meriones sacramenti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the Negev desert and the northern coastal parts of the...
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Shaw's jird (redirect from Meriones shawi)
owls. Wikispecies has information related to Meriones shawi. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meriones shawi. Elgot, Abdeljalil; El hiba, Omar; Gamrani...
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Menelaus and Meriones lifting Patroclus's corpse on a cart while Odysseus looks on, Etruscan alabaster urn from Volterra, Italy, 2nd century BC...
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Sthenelus Hipponous Achilles Palmys ? Eumedes ✓ Evandre Meriones Calesius Diomedes Hippotion Meriones Pammon Neoptolemus Eurydamas ? Gortyessa † Caletor Ajax...
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Genus: Meriones Sundevall's jird, Meriones crassus LC Indian desert jird, Meriones hurrianae LC Libyan jird, Meriones libycus LC Mid-day jird, Meriones meridianus...
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Persian jird (redirect from Meriones persicus)
The Persian jird (Meriones persicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi...
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