Compiled by Julian Barker, Vera Brueckmann, Fred Petrij & Karin van Veen

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General.

(alphabetically on author):

TAXONOMY

A REVISION OF THE GENUS MERIONES.
Chaworth-Musters, J.L. and Ellermann, J.R. 1948. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific Zoological Society, 1243: 478-504 *

A REVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN SHORT-TAILED GERBILS (DIPODILLUS) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TAXON FROM TUNESIA.
Cockrum, E.L., Vaughan, T.C., Vaughan, P.J. 1976. Mammalia 40: 313-26 #

GERBILLUS ANDERSONI DE WINTON, A NEW SPECIES TO TUNESIA.
Cockrum, E.L., Vaughan, T.C., Vaughan, P.J. 1976. Mammalia 40: 467-73 #

ON THE STATUS OF THE HAIRY-FOOTED GERBIL, GERBILLUS HIRTIPES LATASTE, 1881.
Cockrum, E.L., Vaughan, T.C., Vaughan, P.J. 1976. Mammalia 40:523-5 #

STATUS OF THE HAIRY FOOTED GERBIL, GERBILLUS LATASTEI THOMAS AND TROUESSART.
Cockrum, E.L. 1977. Mammalia 41: 75-80 #

RANDOM X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION IN INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS OF MERIONES LIBYCUS (M) X MERIONES SHAWI (F) (RODENTIA: GERBILLINAE).
Cohen, M.M., Hastings, C., Nadler, C.F., Lay, D.M. 1971. Experienta 27/9: 1084-6

THE MAMMALS OF THE PALAEARTIC REGION: A TAXONOMIC REVIEW.
Corbet, G.B. 1978. Cornell University Press, London, Ithaca. *

VERGLEICHENDE LABORUNTERSUCHUNGEN DER MONGOLISCHE RENNMAEUSE MERIONES UNGUICULATUS UND MERIONES MERIDIANUS.
Gattermann, R., Gattermann E.-M., Harnisch, CH. 1986. Erforsch. biol. res. MVR 5: 33-40

REMAINS OF GERBILLINAE (RODENTIA, MAMMALIA) FROM THE PLIOCENE OF POLAND.
Kowalski, K. 1974. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. [Biol.], 22(9): 591-5

HYBRIDIZATION IN THE RODENT GENUS MERIONES I. BREEDING AND CYTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MERIONES SHAWI x MERIONES LIBYCUS HYBRIDS.
Lay, D.M., Nadler, C.F. 1969. Cytogenetics 8: 35-50 #

NOTES ON RODENTS OF THE GENUS GERBILLUS (MAMMALIA: MURIDAE: GERBILLINAE) OF MOROCCO.
Lay, D.M. 1975. Fieldiana Zoology 65: 89-101 #

CHROMOSOMES OF SOME SPECIES OF GERBILLUS (MAMMALIA RODENTIA).
Lay, D.M., Agerson, K., Nadler, C.F. 1975. Zeitschrift fuer Sauegetierkunde 40: 141-50 #

A STUDY OF GERBILLUS (RODENTIA: MURIDAE) EAST OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER.
Lay, D.M., Nadler, C.F. 1975. Mammalia 39: 423-45 #

TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS GERBILLUS (RODENTIA: GERBILLINAE) WITH COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATIONS OF GENERIC AND SUBGENETRIC NAMES AND AN ANNONATED LIST OF SPECIES.
Lay, D.M. 1983. Zeitschrift fuesr Sauegetierkunde 48: 329-354 #

THE MAMMALS OF AFRICA: AN IDENTIFICATION MANUAL.
Meester, J., Setzer, H.W. 1977. Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.

CHROMOSOMES OF SOME SPECIES OF MERIONES (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA).
Nadler, C.F., Lay, D.M. 1967. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 32, No.5: 285-91 *

THE SOMATIC CHROMOSOMES OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Pakes, S.P. 1969. Lab. Anim. Care, 19, no. 6, 857-861 *

TENDANCES EVOLUTIVES DANS LE GENRE GERBILLUS (RONGEURS, GERBILLIDES).
Petter, F. 1973. Mammalia 37: 631-5 #

PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF THE RODENT FAMILY GERBILLIDAE: I. CHROMOSOMAL EVOLUTION IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COMPLEX.
Qumsiyeh, M.B. 1986. J. Mamm., 67(4): 680-92

RATES OF PROTEIN, CHROMOSOME AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN FOUR GENERA OF RHOMBOYINE GERBILS.
Qumsiyeh, M.B., Chesser, R.K. 1988. (part 2 in the series 'Phylogenetic studies of the rodent family Gerbillidae') Biochemical Systematics and ecology, 16(1): 89-103

SYSTEMATIC STATUS AND KARYOTYPIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GENUS TATERILLUS (RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE) FROM KENYA.
Robbins, C.B. 1973. Mammalia 37: 642-5 #

MAMMALS SPECIES OF THE WORLD. A TAXONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE.
Wilson and Reeder. 1993. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution press, Washington and London. p. 546-563 *

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

ECOLOGY

ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS, AT XILINHOT, INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA.
Agren, G., Zhou, Q. & Zhong, W. 1989. Anim. Behav., 37: 11-37. * #

1996 IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED ANIMALS.
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (edited). 1996. The IUCN Species Survival Commission

SOCIO-ECOLOGY OF SAHARAN GERBILS, ESPECIALLY MERIONES LIBYCUS.
Daly, M., Daly, S. 1975. Mammalia, 39(2): 289-311 * #

THE ECOLOGY OF RODENTS IN THE NORTHERN SUDAN.
Happold, D.C.D. 1975. Rodents in desert environment, no 28. p. 15-45 * #

UEBER EINIGE BESONDERHEITEN DER FORMBILDUNG UND DER GEOGRAPHISCHEN VERBREITUNG DER RENNMAUS, MERIONES (PALLASIOMYS) MERIDIANUS PALLAS, 1773, IN DEN WUESTEN MITTELASIENS.
Heptner, W.G. 1975. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 40: 261-9 #

RODENTS A WORLD SURVEY OF SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN.
Lidicker, W.Z. (edited) 1989. Occasional papers of the IUCN species survival comission (SSC) No. 4. IUCN-The World Conservation Union

ECOLOGY OF DESERT RODENTS OF THE USSR (JERBOAS AND GERBILS).
Naumov, N.P., Lobachev, V.S. 1975. Rodents in desert environments. p. 465-545 * #

REPARTITION GEOGRAPHIQUE ET ECOLOGIE DES RONGEURS DESERTIQUES.
Petter, F. 1961. Mammalia, 25, no spJc., 1-222.

RODENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS EDITED.
Prakash, L and Gosh, P.K. (volume editors). 1975. Monographiae Biologicae 1975 Vol 28 (Illes, J. series editor). Dr W. Junk b.v. Publishers, The Hague. *
ISBN: 90 6193 080 4

ECOLOGY OF THE GERBILS OF THE RAJASTHAN DESERT, INDIA.
Prakash, I. 1962. Mammalia, 26: 311-31 * #

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON WAGNER'S GERBIL, GERBILLUS NANUS INDUS (THOMAS), IN THE INDIAN DESERT.
Prakash, I. and Jain, A.P. 1971. Mammalia, 35: 614-628. * #

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

BEHAVIOUR

TERRITORIALITY, COOPERATION AND RESOURCE PRIORITY: HOARDING IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Agren, G., Zhou, Q., Zhong, W. 1989. Animal Behaviour, 37: 28-32 #

HABITUATION OF OPEN-FIELD ESCAPE RESPONSES AND INCREASE IN COMPETING RESPONSES IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Bauer, H.R., Gray, P.H. 1981. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 18: 125-8 #

EARLY ISOLATION IN THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
Berg, R.A., Shanin, R.D., Hull, E.M. 1975. Physiological Psychology, 183:281-90 #

STIMULUS-ELICITED INVESTIGATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Cheal, M. 1978. Journal of Biological Psychology, 20: 26-32 #

AMPHETAMINE EFFECTS ON STIMULUS-ELICITED INVESTIGATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Cheal, M. 1978. Physiology and Behaviour, 21: 299-305 #

DISRUPTION OF SELECTIVE ATTENTION BY APOMORPHINE, BUT NOT AMPHETAMINE, IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Cheal, M. 1980. Psychopharmacology, 69: 93-100 #

EFFECTS OF CASTRATION, BLINDNESS AND ANOSMIA ON SOCIAL REACTIVITY IN THE MALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Christenson, T., Wallen, K., Brown, B.A., Glickman, S.E. 1973. Physiology and Behaviour, 10: 989-94 #

THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICAL REARING ENVIRONMENT IN THE DOMESTICATION OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. 1977. Animal Behaviour, 25: 298-316 #

A SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EMOTIONALITY IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. 1979. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93: 200-10 #

EFFECTS OF REARING ENVIRONMENT ON ADRENAL WEIGHTS, SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND BEHAVIOR IN GERBILS: AN EXAMINATION OF RICHTER'S DOMESTICATION HYPOTHESIS.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. 1980. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 5: 857-63 #

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND ENDOCRINE MORPHOLOGY OF GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. 1981. Physiology and Behaviour, 27: 761-5 #

THE IMMOBILITY RESPONSE ELICITED BY CLAMPING AND GRASPING IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
de la Cruz, F., Junquera, J. 1993. Behavioural Brain Research, 54: 165-9 #

URINE MARKING OF CAGES AND VISUAL ISOLATION AS POSSIBLE SOURCES OF ERROR IN BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES OF SMALL MAMMALS.
Dagg, A.I., Bell, W.L., Windsor, D.E. 1971. Laboratory Animals, 5: 163-7 #

THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF DESERT RODENTS.
Eisenberg, J.F. 1975. Rodents in desert environments #

BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS OF NEOCORTICAL AND CINGULATE LESIONS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Ellard, C.G., Stewart, D.J., Donaghy, S., Vanderwolff, C.H. 1990. Behavioural Brain Research, 36: 41-51 #

THE EFFECTS OF POSTERIOR CORTICAL LESIONS ON RESPONSES TO VISUAL THREATS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Ellard, C.G., Chapman, D.G. 1991. Behavioural Brain research, 44: 163-7 #

ORGANIZATION OF ESCAPE MOVEMENTS FROM OVERHEAD THREATS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Ellard, C.G. 1993. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 107: 242-9 #

SOME PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT PATCH-CHOISE THEORY: A STUDY ON THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Forkman, B. 1991. Behaviour, 117: 243-54 #

SOCIAL FACILITATION IS SHOWN BY GERBILS WHEN PRESENTED WITH NOVEL BUT NOT WITH FAMILIAR FOOD.
Forkman, B. 1991. Animal Behaviour, 42: 860-1 #

THE EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE FOOD INTAKE OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Forkman, B. 1993. Behaviour, 124: 197-206 #

THE FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS: A BEHAVIOURAL NEED OR A NEED TO KNOW?
Forkman, B. 1995. Behaviour, 132: 2-14 *

THE EFFECT OF HUNGER ON THE LEARNING OF NEW FOOD PREFERENCES IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Forkman, B. 1995. Behaviour, 132: 627-39 #

SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) UNDER SEMINATURAL CONDITIONS.
Gallup, G.G., Waite, M.S. 1970. Psychonomic Science, 20: 25-6 #

SHREDDING OF NESTING MATERIAL IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Glickman, S.E., Fried, L., Morrison, B.A. 1967. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 24: 473-4

EINIGE BEOBACHTUNGEN UEBER DAS VERHALTEN VON TATERA ROBUSTA (CRETZSCHMAR 1826) IN GEFANGENSCHAFT.
Heisler, C. 1981. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 46: 69-75 #

POPULATION DENSITY AND SOCIAL, TERRITORIAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES IN THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Hull, E.M., Langan, C.J., Rosselli, L. 1973. J. of Comp. and Phys. Psych., 84: 414-22 #

EFFECTS OF CROWDING AND INTERMITTENT ISOLATION ON GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Hull, E.M., Chapin, E., Kastaniotis, C. 1974. Physiology and Behaviour, 13: 723-7 #

BEHAVIOURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Kaplan, H., Hyland, S.H. 1972. Anim. Behav., 20: 147-54 * #

FREILAND- UND GEFANGENSCHAFTSBEOBACHTUNGEN AN DER NORDAFRIKANISCHEN RENNMAUS GERBILLUS NANUS GARAMANTIS LATASTE 1881.
Kirchshofer, R. 1958. Z. Saeugetierk., 23, 33-49.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESCAPE BEHAVIOR IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Kotary, L., Cleary, T., Drews, D. 1990. J. of Penn. Acad. of Sci., 64(3): 116-20 #

SEPTAL LESIONS IN MEADOW VOLES (MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS) AND MONGOLIAN GERBILS: CONSUMMATORY AND INVESTIGATORY BEHAVIOR.
Laughlin, M.E., Donovick, P.J., Burright, R.G. 1975. Physiology and Behaviour, 15: 191-8 #

STRUCTURE DE L'ESCAPE ET RETOUR AU NID CHEZ LA GERBILLE DE MONGOLIE (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Le Berre, M., Le Guelte, L. 1988. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 53: 225-33 #

SELF-PUNITIVE LOCOMOTOR BEHAVIOR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Martin, R.C., Ragland, E., Melvin, K.B. 1970. Psychonomic Science, 20(3): 183-4 #

LE RETOUR AU GITE CHEZ SIX GERBILLIDES SAHARIENS.
Mermod, C. 1970. Mammalia, 34: 1-17 #

OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Nauman, D.J. 1968. Psychonomic Science, 10(5): 163-4 #

SUPPRESSION OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1972. Lab. Anim. 6(3):295-9

DIFFERENCES IN LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY BETWEEN RATS AND GERBILS IN RESPONSE TO NOVELTY.
Osborne, G.L. 1977. Behavioural Biology, 19: 548-53 #

HELPERS (?) AT THE NEST IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Ostermeyer, M.C., Elwood, R.W. 1984. Behaviour, 91: 61-77 #

FEEDING CHARACTERISTICS OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Otken, C.C., Scott, C.E. 1984. Laboratory Animal Science, 34(2): 181-4 #

SANDBATHING IS THERMOREGULATORY IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Pendergrass, M., Thiessen, D. 1983. Behav. Neural. Biol. 37(1):125-33

THE INFLUENCE OF LIVING AREA SPACE ON BEHAVIOR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Pettijohn, T.F., Barkes, B.M. 1979. Journal of General Psychology, 100: 125-8 #

LEARNED AVERSION TO SOILED BEDDING IN MALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Petijohn, T.F., Jamora, C.M. 1980. Physiology and Behaviour, 24: 1031-4 #

INFLUENCE OF TEST AREA SIZE ON SOCIAL INVESTIGATION IN MALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Pettijohn, T.F., Merrit, D.F. 1980. Journal of General Psychology, 103: 13-9 #

SOME TRAITS OF THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF VINOGRADOV'S JIRD IN ARMENIA.
Popov, S.V., Il'ichenko, O.G., Vowshchanova, I.P, Chabovski, A.V. 1994. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii, 99(3): 15-21

THE DYNAMICS OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERACTIONS IN "SOCIAL" AND "SOLITARY" SPECIES OF GERBILS (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE).
Popov, S.V., Voshchanova, I.P. 1996. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 75(1): 125-132

RUNNING-WHEEL ACTIVITY AND AVOIDANCE IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Powell, R.W., Peck, S. 1969. J. of the Exp. Ana. of Beh., 12: 779-87 #

ZUM VERHALTEN VON MERIONES TAMARISCINUS PALL.
Rauch, H. 1957. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 22: 218-40 #

GERBIL RUNWAY PERFORMANCE UNDER HUNGER MOTIVATION.
Reynierse, J.H., Scavio Jr, M.J., Ulness, J.D. 1969. Psychonomic Science, 16(1): 36-7 #

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Reynierse, J.H. 1970. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 29: 173-7 #

THE EFFECTS OF MAINTENANCE CONDITION ON AGGRESSION AND MARKING BEHAVIOUR OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Rieder, C.A., Reynierse, J.H. 1971. J. of Comp. and Physiol. Psych., 75: 471-5 #

SEX DIFFERENCES IN CIRCARDIAN WHEEL RUNNING RHYTHMS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Roper, T.J. 1976. Physiology and Behaviour, 17: 549-551 #

THE BEHAVIOUR OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS IN A SEMI-NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VENTRAL MARKING, DOMINANCE AND SOCIABILITY.
Roper, T.J., Polioudakis, E. 1977. Behaviour, 61(3-4): 207-37 #

TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTICS IN GERBILS.
Rothenberg, D. 1974. Psychological Reports, 34: 810 #

"FOOT-STOMPING" IN THE GERBIL: REWARDING BRAIN STIMULATION, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, AND FOOT SHOCK.
Routtenberg, A., Kramis, R.C. 1967. Nature, 214: 173-4 #

SPONTANOUS ALTERNATION IN NORMAL AND BRAIN-DAMAGED GERBILS.
Schnurr, R. 1971. Psychonomic Science, 25(3): 181-2 #

SCENT OF GERBIL CUISINE.
Skeen, J.T., Thiessen, D.D. 1977. Physiology and Behaviour, 190: 11-4 #

PREFERENCE OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS FOR SALIVARY CUES: A DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSIS.
Smith, B.A., Block, M.L. 1989. Animal Behaviour, 39: 512-21 #

MALE SALIVA CUES AND FEMALE SOCIAL CHOISE IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Smith, B.A. and Block, M.L. 1990. Physiology & Bahavior, Vol. 50, pp. 379-384 *

SOCIAL ISOLATION IN THE GERBIL: ITS EFFECTS ON EXPLORATORY OR AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR AND ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVITY.
Spencer, J., Gray, J., Dalhouse, A. 1973. Physiology and Behaviour, 10: 231-7 #

VISUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Thiessen, D.D., Lindzey, G., Blum, S., Tucker, A., Friend, H. 1968. Psychonomic Science, 11(1): 23-4 #

THE GERBIL IN BEHAVIORAL INVESTIGATIONS: MECHANISMS OF TERRITORIALITY AND OLFACTORY COMMUNICATION.
Thiessen, D.D., Yahr, P. 1977. Austin: University of Texas Press #

EXPLORATION AND ACTIVITY IN THE GERBIL AND RAT.
Thompson, R.W., Lippman, L.G. 1972. J. of Comp. and Phys. Psych., 80: 439-48 #

SCHEDULES OF SELF-LIGHTENING BEHAVIOR: THE YELLOW CANARY, GOLDFISH, AND MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Thor, D.H. 1972. Journal of General Psychology, 87: 32-35 #

A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENCY OF DISPLAY OF TERRITORIAL MARKING BEHAVIOR AND COAT COLOR IN MALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Turner, J.W., Jr and Carbonell, C. 1984. Lab. Anim. Sci., 34, no. 5, 488-490. *

THE GERBIL AS A SUBJECT IN BAHAVIORAL RESEARCH.
Walter, G.C., Pearl, J., Rogers, J.V. 1963. Psychological Reports, 12: 315-8 #

PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS). I. RETRIEVAL.
Waring, A.D., Perper, T. 1979. Animal Behaviour, 27: 1091-7 #

PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS). II. PARENTAL INTERACTIONS.
Waring, A.D., Perper, T. 1980. Animal Behaviour, 28: 331-40 #

ROLES OF EYES AND VIBRISSAE IN MAZE RUNNING BEHAVIOR OF GERBILS AND KANGAROO RATS.
Webster, D.B., Caccavale, K.L. 1966. American Zoologist, 6: 298 #

EFFECTS OF ISOLATION ON AGGRESSION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Wechklin, S., Breuer, L.F. 1974. Psychological Reports, 35: 415-21 #

UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR CHRONOBIOLOGIE, ETHOLOGIE UND ZU SRESSREAKTIONEN DER MONGOLISCHEN WUESTENRENNMAUS, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS (MILNE EDWARDS, 1867).
Weinandy, R., Disertation, Universitaet Halle (1996). *

THE ONTOGENY OF STEREOTYPIES IN GERBILS.
Wiedenmayer, C. 1995. Inaugural-Dissertation, Universitaet Zuerich

SOCIAL PREFERENCE OF FEMALE GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) AS INFLUENCED BY COAT COLOUR OF MALES.
Wong, R., Gray-Allan, P., Chiba, C., Braxton, A. 1990. Behavioural and neural biology, 54: 184-90 *

COAT COLOR GENES AND CAGE TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON CARE OF THE BODY SURFACE (COBS) BAHAVIOR OF MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Wong, R., Gray-Allan, P. 1992. Behavior Genetics Vol. 22, No. 1: 125-34 * #

FLAVOUR NEOPHOBIA IN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) AND HAMSTERS (MESOCRICETUS AURATUS).
Wong, R., McBride, C.B. 1993. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 46B(2): 129-43 #

SOCIAL SUBORDINATION AND SCENT-MARKING IN MALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Yahr, P. 1977. Animal Behaviour, 25: 292-7

BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SCENT MARKING BEHAVIOR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Yoshimura, H. 1981. Jikken Dobutsu 30(2): 107-12
 

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

REPRODUCTION

OBSERVATIONS ON REPRODUCTION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Adams, C.E., Norris, M.L. 1973. Journal of Reproduction and Fertillity, 33:185-8 #

PAIR FORMATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Agren, G. 1984. Animal Behaviour, 32:528-35 #

INCEST AVOIDANCE AND BONDING BETWEEN SIBLINGS IN GERBILS.
Agren, G. 1984. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 14: 161-9 #

ALTERNATIVE MATING STRATEGIES IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL
Agren, G. 1984 pp. 229-43 *

SPERM COMPETITION, PREGNANCY INITIATION AND LITTER SIZE: INFLUENCE OF THE AMOUNT OF COPULATORY BEHAVIOUR IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Agren, G. 1990. Animal Behaviour, 40: 417-27 #

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MALE ON MATERNAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Ahroon, J.K., Fidura, F.G. 1976. Animal Behaviour, 24:372-5 #

THE OESTRUS CYCLE IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Barfield, M.A., Beeman, E.A. 1968. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 17:247-51 #

REPRODUCTION IN THE INDIAN GERBIL, TATERA INDICA (HARDWICKE).
Beg, M.A., Ajmal, M. 1977. Mammalia, 41: 213-20 #

REPRODUCTION IN FEMALE INDIAN GERBIL (TATERA INDICA).
Bland, K.P. 1969. Journal of Zoology (London) 157: 47-61

PRE-COPULATORY BEHAVIOUR IN RELATION TO STAGES OF THE OESTRUS CYCLE IN THE FEMALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Burley, R.A. 1979. Behaviour, 72:211-41 #

LIFESPAN ONTOGENITY OF BREEDING AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCES IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Cheal, M. 1983. Laboratory Animals, 17: 240-5 #

REPRODUCTIVE LIFE HISTORY CORRELATES OF EARLY AND LATE SEXUAL MATURATION IN FEMALE MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Clark, M.M., Spencer, C.A., Galef, B.G. 1986. Animal Behaviour, 34: 551-60 #

IMPROVING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF BREEDING COLONIES OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Clark, M.M., Spencer, C.A., Galef, B.G. 1986. Laboratory Animals, 20: 313-5 #

UTERINE POSITIONS AND SCHEDULES OF URINATION: CORRELATES OF DIFFERNTIAL MATERNAL ANOGENITAL STIMULATION.
Clark, M.M., Bone, S., Galef, B.G. 1989. Developmental Psychobiology, 22: 389-400 #

SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT HORNS OF THE GERBIL UTERUS: "THE MALE EMBRYO IS USUALLY ON THE RIGHT, THE FEMALE ON THE LEFT" (HIPPOCRATES).
Clark, M.M., Galef, Jr. B.G. 1990. Developmental Psychobiology, 23(1): 029-037 #

FETAL UTERINE POSITION AFFECTS COPULATION AND SCENT MARKING BY ADULT MALE GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Malenfant, S.A., Winter, D.A., Galef, B.G. 1990. Physiology and Behaviour, 47: 301-5 #

NONRANDOM SEX COMPOSITION OF GERBIL, MOUSE, AND HAMSTER LITTERS BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH.
Clark, M.M., Galef, Jr. B.G., Vom Saal, F.S. 1991. Developmental Psychobiology, 24(2): 081-090

CONCENTRATIONS OF SEX STERIOD HORMONES IN PREGNANT AND FETAL MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Crews, D., Galef, B.G. 1991. Physiology and Behaviour, 49: 239-43 #

FURTHER EVIDENCE OF SEX-BASED MATERNAL INVESTMENT BY MONGOLIAN GERBIL DAMS.
Clark, M.M., Waddingham, C.L., Galef, B.G. 1991. Animal Behaviour, 42: 161-2 #

STUD MALES AND DUD MALES: INTRA-UTERINE POSITION EFFECTS ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCES OF MALE GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Tucker, L., Galef, B.G. 1992. Animal Behaviour, 43: 215-21 #

ANDROGEN MEDIATED EFFECTS OF MALE FETUSES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF DAMS LATE IN PREGNANCY.
Clark, M.M., Crews, D., Galef, B.G. 1993. Developmental Psychobiology, 26: 25-35 #

INTRAUTERINE POSITION EFFECTS ON SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC ASYMETRIES OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS: TESTOSTERONE, EYE OPENING, AND PAW PREFERENCE.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G., Robertson, R.K. 1993. Developmental Psychobiology, 26: 185-94 #

RESPONSIVENESS TO TESTOSTERONE OF MALE GERBILS FROM KNOWN INTRAUTERINE POSITIONS.
Clark, M.M., Bishop, A.M., vom Saal, F.S., Galef, B.G. 1993. Physiology and Behaviour, 53: 1183-7 #

HORMONALLY MEDIATED INHERITANCE OF AQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS.
Clark, M.M., Karpiuk, P., Galef, B.G. Jr. 1993. Nature 364(6439):712 * #

A MALE GERBIL'S INTRAUTERINE POSITION AFFECTS FEMALE RESPONSE TO HIS SCENT MARKS.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. Jr. 1994. Pysiol. Behav., 55(6): 1137-9

A GERBIL DAM'S FETAL INTRAUTERINE POSITION AFFECTS THE SEX RATIOS OF LITTERS SHE GESTATES.
Clark, M.M., Galef, B.G. Jr. 1994. Physiology & Behavior, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 297-9

CHANGES IN THE RESPONSES OF MALE AND FEMALE GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) TOWARDS TEST PUPS DURING PREGNANCY OF THE FEMALE.
Elwood, R.W. 1977. Animal Behaviour, 25: 46-51 #

THE INFLUENCE OF LITTER SIZE AND PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONGOLIAN GERBIL PUPS..
Elwood, R.W., Broom, D.M. 1978. Animal Behaviour, 26: 438-54 #

THE DEVELOPMENT, INHIBITION AND DISINHIBITION OF PUP-CANNIBALISM IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Elwood, R.W. 1980. Animal Behaviour, 28: 1188-94 #

EFFECT OF THE MALE PARENT ON PUP SURVIVAL IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Gerling, S., Yahr, P. 1979. Animal Behaviour, 27: 310-1 #

SHREDDING OF NESTING MATERIAL IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Glickman, S.E. Fried, L., Morrison, B.A. 1967. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 24: 473-4 #

THE SOCIALITY SYNDROM. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF GERBILS.
Goltsman, M.E., Popov, S.V., Chabovskii, A.V., Borisova, N.G. 1994. Zh. Obshch. Biol., 55(1): 49-69

"K-BZW. R-SELEKTION" IN VERBINDUNG MIT "MATRIARCHAT" BZW. "PATRIARCHAT" BEI DER MONGOLISCHEN RENNMAUS, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS (MILNE EDWARDS, 1867), UND DER VIELZITZENMAUS, MASTOMYS COUCHA (A. SMITH).
Heisler, C. 1978. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 46: 69-75 #

PRE-COPULATORY BEHAVIOUR IN THE MALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: I. DIFFERENCES IN DEPENDENCE ON ANDROGEN OF COMPONENT PATTERNS.
Holman, S.D., Hutchison, J.B. 1982. Animal Behaviour, 30: 221-30 #

PRE-COPULATORY BEHAVIOUR IN THE MALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: II. EFFECTS OF POST-CASTRATION SEXUAL AND AGGRESSIVE INTERACTIONS ON RESPONSIVENESS TO ANDROGEN.
Holman, S.D., Hutchison, J.B., Snelson, D. 1982. Animal Behaviour, 30: 231-9 #

BREEDING AND REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DESERT GERBIL, MERIONES CRASSUS.
Marafie, E., Nayak, R., and Al-Zaid, N. 1978. Lab. Anim. Sci., 28, no. 4, 397-401. *

EARLY POSTNATAL GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
McManus, J.J. 1971. Journal of Mammalogy, 52: 782-92 #

OCCURANCE OF OESTRUS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL AFTER PAIRING WITH A MALE.
Meckley, P.E., Ginther, O.J. 1974. Lab. Anim. 8(1):93-7

DELAYED IMPLANTATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1971. J. of Reprod. and Fert., 27: 486-7 #

THE GROWTH OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS, FROM BIRTH TO MATURITY.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1972. Journal of Zoology London, 166: 277-82 #

MORTALITY FROM BIRTH TO WEANING IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1972. Lab. Anim. 6(1):49-53 #

SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE OVARY.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1974. J. of Reprod. and Fert., 57: 245-8 #

VAGINAL OPENING IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS: NORMAL DATA AND THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1979. Lab. Anim. 13(2):159-62

EXTEROCEPTIVE FACTORS AND PREGNANCY BLOCK IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1979. J. of Reprod. and Fert., 57: 401-4 #

PREGNANCY CONCURRENT WITH LACTATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1981. Lab. Anim. 15(1):21-3

MATING POST PARTUM AND LENGTH OF GESTATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1981. Lab. Anim. 15(2):189-91

TIME OF MATING AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN THE VAGINAL SMEAR OF THE POST-PARTURIENT MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1981. Laboratory Animals. 15(2):193-8

LIFETIME REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Norris, M.L., Adams, C.E. 1982. Laboratory Animals, 16: 146-50 #

SOCIAL INFLUENCE ON SEXUAL MATURATION AND BREEDING IN THE FEMALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Payman, B.C., Swanson, H.H. 1980. Animals Behaviour, 28: 528-35 #

DATA ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE MALE INDIAN GERBIL TATERA INDICA INDICA (HARDWICKE).
Purohit, K.G., Purohit, A. 1986. Saeugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 33: 209-17 #

INVESTIGATION OF THE BRUCE EFFECT IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Rohrbach, C. 1982. J. of Reprod. and Fert., 65: 411-7 #

EARLY EXPERIENCE, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR IN MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Salo, A., French, J.A. 1989. Animal Behaviour, 38: 693-702 #

SEX AND INTRAUTERINE POSITION INFLUENCE THE SIZE OF THE GERBIL HIPPOCAMPUS.
Sherry, D.F., Galef, B.G. Jr., Clark, M.M. 1996. Physiology & Behavior, 60(6): 1491-4

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

PHYSIOLOGY

WATER REQUIREMENTS OF GERBILS.
Arrington, L.R., Ammerman, C.B. 1969. Lab. Anim. Care 19(4):503-5

GROWTH, LONGEVITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE LIFE OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Arrington, L.R., Beaty, T.C., Jr. and Kelley, K.C. 1973. Lab. Anim. Sci., 23, no. 2, 262-265. *

PROTEIN REQUIREMENT OF GROWING GERBILS.
Arrington, L.R., Ammerman, C.B., Franke, D.E. 1973. Lab. Anim. Sci. 23(6):851-4

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN SEVERAL PARAMETERS OF ULTRASONIC CALLING BY YOUNG MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Broom, D.M., Elwood, R.W., Lakin, J., Willy, S.J. 1977. Journal of Zoology London, 183: 281-90 #

THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE CELLULAR BLOOD PICTURE.
Dillon, W.G., Glomski, C.A. 1975. Lab. Anim. 9(4):283-7

WATER BALANCE DURING SALINE IMBIBITION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Edwards, B.A., Peters, A.R. 1987. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 90A, No.1, pp. 93-8

DISTANCE ESTIMATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: THE ROLE OF DYNAMIC DEPTH CUES.
Ellard, C.G., Goodale, M.A., Timney, B. 1984. Behavioural Brain Research, 14: 29-39 #

THE ROLE OF THE PREDORSAL BUNDLE IN HEAD AND BODY MOVEMENTS ELICITED BY ELECTRAL STIMULATION OF THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Ellard, C.G., Goodale, M.A. 1986. Experimental Brain Research, 64: 421-33 #

A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE COLLICULAR OUTPUT PATHWAYS: A DISSOCIATION OF DEFICITS FOLLOWING LESIONS OF THE DORSAL TEGMENTAL DECUSSATION AND THE IPSILATERAL COLLICULAR EFFERENT BUNDLE IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Ellard, C.G., Goodale, M.A. 1988. Experimental Brain Research, 71: 307-19 #

CALIBRATION OF RETINAL IMAGE SIZE WITH DISTANCE IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: RAPID ADJUSTMENT OF CALIBRATION IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS.
Ellard, C.G., Chapman, D.G., Cameron, K.A. 1991. Perseption & Psychophysics, 49: 38-42 #

HAEMATOLOGISCHE UND KLINISCH-CHEMISCHE NORMALBEREICHE DER MONGOLISCHEN WUESTENRENNMAUS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Gattermann, R. 1979. Z. Versuchstierkd. 21: 273-275

EFFECT OF VARIOUS HORMONES ON THE GROWTH AND HISTOLOGY OF THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) ABDOMINAL SEBACEOUS GLAND.
Glenn, E.M., Gray, J. 1965. Endocrinology, 76: 1115-23 #

A SIMPLE METHOD OF OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION OF URINES FOR THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Gregg, B., Thiessen, D.D. 1981. Physiology and Behaviour, 26: 1133-6 #

DESERT COLORATION IN RODENTS.
Harrison, D.L. 1972. Rodents in desert environment * #

CINE ANALYSIS OF VISUAL ORIENTATION AND PURSUIT BY THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Ingle, D.J., Cheal, M., Dizio, P. 1979. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology: 93: 919-28 #

NEW METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF VISION IN THE GERBIL.
Ingle, D.J. 1981. Behavioural Brain Research, 3: 151-73 #

SENSITIVITY TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IN THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): CHARACTERISTICS AND MECHANISMS.
Jacobs, G.H., Deegan II, J.F. 1994. Vision Research, 34(11): 1433-41 #

ULTRASOUND AND THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Lerwill, C.J. 1978. Journal of Zoology London, 186: 263-6 #

A STEREOTAXIC ATLAS OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL BRAIN (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS)
Loskota, W.J., Lomax, P., Verity, M.A. 1974. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Mich.

BASELINE HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS)
Mays, A., Jr. 1969. Lab. Anim. Care, 19 no. 6, 838-842. *

VOLUME AND ION REGULATING RENAL FUNCTIONS IN THE BIG GERBIL (RHOBOMYS OPIMUS L.) AND THE WATER VOLE (ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS L.).
Natochin, YuV. et al. 1982. Comp. Biochem. Physiol A. 72(3):535-9

FEEDING CHARACTERISTICS OF MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Otken, C.C., Scott, C.E. 1984. Lab. Anim. Sci., 34(2): 181-4

THE SOMATIC CHROMOSOMES OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Pakes, S.P. 1969. Laboratory Animal Care, 19(6): 857-61

CONDITIONED OLFACTORY AVERSION IN THE MALE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Petijohn, T.F. 1979. Journal of General Psychology, 7(3): 299-302 #

OCCURANCE OF THE VENTRAL MARKING GLAND IN INDIAN DESERT RODENTS.
Prakash, I., Kumari, S. 1979. Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde, 44: 315-6 #

METABOLISM OF THE GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Robinson, P.F. 1959. Science, 130: 502-3 #

THE EFFECTS OF WATER DEPRIVATION AND SALT LOAD ON WATER CONSERVATION EFFICIENCY IN TWO INDIAN DESERT GERBILS.
Sasidharan, T.O., Goyal, S.P., Chand, P., Gosh, P.K. 1990. J. Comp. Physiol [B], 160(4): 413-22

TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATION IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): BIOCHEMICAL AND ORGAN WEIGHT CHANGES.
Steffen, J.M., Roberts, J.C. 1977. Comp. Biochem. Physiol (B) 58(3):237-42

VISUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Thiessen, D.D., Lindzey, G., Blum, S., Tucker, A., Friend, H. 1968. Psychonomic Science, 11(1): 23-4

ANDROGEN CONTROL OF TERRITORIAL MARKING IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Thiessen, D.D., Friend, H.C., Lindzey, G. 1968. Science, Vol 160: 432-4

THE GERBIL IN BEHAVIORAL INVESTIGATIONS: MECHANISMS OF TERRITORIALITY AND OLFACTORY COMMUNICATION.
Thiessen, D.D., Yahr, P. 1972. S. Austin: University of Texas Press

ULTRASONIC SIGNALING IN THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): SOCIAL INTERACTION AND OLFACTION.
Thiessen, D.D., Graham, M., Davenport, R. 1978. J. of Comp. and Phys. Psych., 92: 1041-9 #

EFFECTS OF WATER DEPRIVATION ON THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS: ABSENCE OF HARDERIAN GLAND INVOLVEMENT.
Thiessen, D.D. 1980. Physiological Psychology, 8(3): 379-82 #

THE THERMOENERGETICS OF COAT COLOUR MAINTENANCE BY THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Thiessen, D.D., Pendergrass, M., Harriman, A.E. 1982. Journal of Thermal Biology, 7: 51-6 #

VISUAL PIGMENTS AND RETINOIDS IN THE MONGOLIAN JIRD.
Tsin, A.T., Flores, J.M., Rodriguea, K.A. 1987. Life Sci. 41(18):2085-90

THE ORIGIN OF MULTIPLE SEX CHROMOSOMES IN THE GERBIL GERBILLUS GERBILLUS (RODENTIAE: GERBILLINAE).
Wahrman, J., Richler, C., Neufeld, E., Friedmann, A. 1983. Cytogenetic Cell genetics, 35: 161-80 #

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

PATHOLOGY

SPONTANEOUS TUMORS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Benitz, K.F., Kramer Jr., A.W. 1965. Laboratory Animal Care, 15(5): 281-94 *

PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS IN AN AGING MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) COLONY.
Bingel, S.A. 1995. Lab. Anim. Sci., 45, no. 5, 597-600 *

EPILEPSY AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: AN ETHOLOGICAL STUDY.
Cutler, M.G., Mackintosh, J.H. 1989. Physiology & Bahavior. 46(4):561-6

SUGAR CATARACTS IN MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
El-Aguizy, H.K., Richards, R.D., Varma, S.D. 1983. Exp. Eye Res. 36(6): 839-44

EXPERIMENTAL NASAL DERMATITIS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL: EFFECT OF BILATERQAL HARDERIAN GLAND ADENECTOMY ON DEVELOPMENT OF FACIAL LESIONS.
Farrar, P.L., Opsomer, M.J., Kocen, J.A., Wagner, J.E. 1988. Laboratory Animal Science, 38(1): 72-6 *

EFFECTS OF FOSTERING ON SEIZURE ACTIVITY IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL.
Kaplan, H. 1981. Dev. Psychobiol. 14(6):565-70

NATURALLY-OCCURING NEOPLASMS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Meckley, P.E., Zwicker, G.M. 1979. Lab. Anim. 13(3):203-6

STAPHYLOCOCCAL DERMATITIS IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Peckham, J.C., Cole, J.R., Chapman, JR., W.L., Malone, JR., J.B., McCall, J.W., Thompson, P.E. 1974. Laboratory Animal Science, 24(1): 43-7 *

TYZZER'S DISEASE IN THE GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Port, C.D., Richter, W.R., Moise, S.M. 1970. Laboratory Animal Care, 20(1): 109-11 *

SPONTANEOUS NEOPLASMS IN AGING GERBILLINAE.
Ringler, D.H., Lay, D.M., Abrams, G.D. 1972. Laboratory Animal Science, 22(3): 407-14 *

DIAGNOSTIC EXERCISE: HEAD TILT IN A GERBIL.
Schiffer, S.P., Lukas, V.S., Chrisp, C.E. 1966. Laboratory Animal Sience, 36(2): 176-7 *

DEMODICOSIS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): A CASE REPORT.
Schwarzbrott, S.S., Wagner, J.E., Frisk, C.S. 1974. Laboratory Animal Science, 24(4): 666-8 *

TUMORS IN GERBILLINAE: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND REPORT OF A CASE.
Shumaker, R.C., Paik, S.K., Houser, W.D. 1974. Lab. Anim. Sci., 24(4): 688-90

LIFE SPAN, CHRONOLOGIC DISEASE PATTERNS, AND AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN RELATIVE SPLEEN WEIGHTS FOR THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS).
Troup, G.M., Smith, G.S., Walford, R.L. 1969. Experimental Gerontology, 4: 139-43 #

THE HISTOGENESIS OF HEPATOMA OCCURRING SPONTANEOUSLY IN A STRAIN OF SAND RATS (PSAMMOMYS OBESUS).
Ungar, H., Adler, J.H. 1978. American Journal of Pathology, 90(2): 399-409 *

ENCEPHALITIS IN GERBILS DUE TO NATURALLY OCCURING INFECTION WITH BACILLUS PILIFORMIS (TYZZER'S DISEASE).
Veazey, R.S. II, Paulsen, D.B., Schaeffer, D.O. 1992. Lab. Anim. Sci. 42, No.5: 516-8 *

SPONTANEOUS LESIONS AND PARASITES OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Vincent, A.L., Porter, D.D., Ash, L.R. 1075. Laboratory Animals Science, 25(6): 711-22 *

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON SPONTANEOUS NEOPLASMS IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL, MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Vincent, A.L., Ash, L.R. 1978. Laboratory Animal Science, 28(3): 297-300 *

THE PATHOLOGY OF THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS): A REVIEW.
Vincent, A.L., Rodrick, G.E. and Sodeman, A., Jr. 1979. Lab. Anim. Sci., 29, no. 5, 645-651. * #

Taxonomy, Ecology, Behaviour, Reproduction, Physiology, Pathology, General

GENERAL

THE MAMMALS OF CHINA AND MONGOLIA.
Allen, G.M. 1940. The American Museum of Natural History, New York. *

MAMMALS OF MALAWI.
Ansell, W.F.H., Dowsett, R.J. 1988. The Trendrine Press, p. 102-5 *

RODENTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.
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THE FAUNA OF INDIA: MAMMALIA.
Ellerman, J.R. 1961. Vol. 3. Delhi.

MERIONES UNGUICULATUS.
Gulotta, E.F. 1971. Mammalian Species, 3, 1-5 *
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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF AFRICA INCLUDING MADAGASCAR.
Haltenorth, T., Diller, H. 1980. Collins, London

THE MAMMALS OF NIGERIA.
Happold, D.C.D. 1987. Clarendon Press. Oxford. p. 118-21 *

THE MAMMALS OF ARABIA.
Harrison, D.L. 1972. Ernest Benn Limited, London, * #

LIBYAN MAMMALS.
Hufnagl, E. 1972. The Oleander Press, Wisconsin

MAMMALS KEY TO RODENTS.
Israel Program Scientific Translations, Jerusalem p. 164-172 *

BODY SIZE, GENDER, SEED HUSKING AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS IN TWO SPECIES OF DESERT GERBILLINE RODENTS, MERIONES CRASSUS AND GERBILLUS HENLEYI.
Khokhlova, I.S., Degen, A.A., Kam, M. 1995. Functional Ecology, 9: 720-4 *

EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS, VOL IIB.
Kingdom, J. 1974. Academic Press, London. p. 507-18 * #

MERIONES CRASSUS.
Koffler, B.R. 1972. Mammalian Species, 9:1-4

MAMMALS OF ALGERIA.
Kowalski, K. Rzebik-Kowalska, B. 1991. Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wroclaw, Poland. p. 219-53 *

NEW RECORDS OF SMALL MAMMALS FROM WEST PAKISTAN AND IRAN.
Lay, D.M., Anderson, J.A.W., Hassinger, J.D. 1970. Mammalia, 34: 98-106 #

OBSERVATIONS SUR QUELQUES MAMMIFERES DU NORD DE LA CHINE.
Milne Edwards, A.. 1867. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool) 7:375-377 *
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RECHERCHES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES MAMMIFERES.
Milne Edwards, H.. 1868-1874. Paris, vol 1, 394 pp.; vol. 2, 81 pls. *
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WALKER'S MAMMALS OF THE WORLD. (5th edition)
Nowak, R.M. 1991. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, London. *

MAMMALS OF THE USSR AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES.
Ognev, S.I. 1963. Vols. 4 and 6. Israel Program for Scientific Translation, Jerusalem

RODENTS OF THE SUBFAMILIES MURINAE, GERBILLINAE, AND CRICETINAE FROM TURKEY.
Osborn, D.J. 1965. J. Egypt Public Health Assoc., 40(5): 401-24

THE CONTEMPORARY LAND ANIMALS OF EGYPT (INCLUDING SINAI). (Fieldiana Zoology, no. 5)
Osborn, D.J. & Helmy, I. 1980. *

[GERBILS OF THE WORLD].
Pavlinov, I.Ya., Dubrovsky, Yu.A., Rossolimo, O.L., Potapova, E.G. 1990. Nauka, Moscow, 368 pp. (in Russian) (ISBN: 5-02-005350-3)

MANUAL OF THE MAMMALS OF SRI LANKA. PART I-III.
Phillips, W.W.A. 1980. 2nd revised edition. Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka. p. 208-11 *

RODENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS.
Prakash, I., Gosh, P.K. 1975. Dr. W. Junk b.v. Publishers, The Hague *

THE BOOK OF INDIAN ANIMALS.
Prater, S.H. 1980. Bombay Natural History Sci. p. 188-217 *

THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) IN RESEARCH.
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THE MAMMALS OF PAKISTAN.
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GERBIL CARE AND MAINTENANCE.
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