An average of 3 - 5 years, but the oldest gerbil on record lived to 7 years!!
Mongolian gerbil was created in 1867.
In the Mongolian desert.
Syrian Hamsters will kill and eat a gerbil, do not put them together in the same cage.
It is most likely to be Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian Gerbil. No other gerbil breed is commonly kept as pets, near to 100% of pet gerbils will be the Mongolian.
Mongolian, the typical brown gerbil from India.
Gerbils that you buy in the store are typically Mongolian Gerbils and are from Mongolia (hense the name). They live in the deserts there.
because it is the original gerbil color, with no color mutations. it is the easiest gerbil to make.
I've owned many Mongolian gerbils.
They live naturaly in the mongolian desert where they survive on other small animals such as insects, Spiders, and even large dead animals!
The phylum of the Mongolian gerbil is Chordata. This phylum includes animals that have a notochord at some stage of their development, as well as a dorsal nerve cord and gill slits. Mongolian gerbils belong to the class Mammalia, specifically within the order Rodentia.
Mongolian gerbils live for 3-5 years. In some cases they can live up to 8 years, but this is uncommon.
3-5 years