diff --git a/dandi/metadata/util.py b/dandi/metadata/util.py
index 2d460a981..093823e88 100644
--- a/dandi/metadata/util.py
+++ b/dandi/metadata/util.py
@@ -394,6 +394,12 @@ def extract_cellLine(metadata: dict) -> str | None:
         NCBITAXON_URI_TEMPLATE.format("9545"),
         "Macaca nemestrina",
     ),
+    (
+        ["mongolian gerbil", "mongolian jird"],
+        None,
+        NCBITAXON_URI_TEMPLATE.format("10047"),
+        "Meriones unguiculatus",
+    ),
 ]