different between pachyuromys vs jird

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Probably from Arabic ?????? (jura?, “a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many species in the genus Meriones”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

jird (plural jirds)

Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones and rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

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