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King Jird – Talea Valley

King Jird – Talea Valley

December 6, 2018December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

Whilst birding the Talea Valley near Abha in October 2018 I came across a King Jird Meriones rex. The animal was seen briefly running through some sparce grasses at the base of large acacia trees. It disappeared almost immediately down a burrow and out of site. Phil Roberts then saw another on out in the […]

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