Cheng's jird

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Smith, A.T. |author2=Johnston, C.H. |date=2016 |title=Meriones chengi |volume=2016 |page=e.T13160A22434184 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13160A22434184.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Meriones

| species = chengi

| authority = Wang, 1964

}}

Cheng's jird (Meriones chengi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001142 | page = 980}} It was named in honour of the Chinese zoologist Professor Tso-hsin Cheng.

It is found only in the Turpan Depression of eastern Xinjiang, China.