Mongolian gerbil They are somewhat larger than mice, with a body about long (and a tail of similar length), with a body mass averaging in females and in males. The Mongolian gerbil is classified as a "prohibited new organism" under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, preventing it from being imported into the country. The species is also prohibited in the US state of California. "Meriones unguiculatus" evolved on the semideserts and steppes of Mongolia. There, they developed long legs for jumping and running from predators, teeth to deal with hard seeds and plant matter, and water conservation techniques
Tarabul's gerbil breeds during throughout the rainy season, July to September, beginning breeding at the end of the coll dry season in April and ending at the start of the cool dry season in November. Barn owls "Tyto alba" have been recorded as preying on this species. Tarabul's gerbil was considered to be a junior taxonomic synonym of the greater Egyptian gerbil "Gerbillis pyramidus" but has a different chromosome count of 40 rather than 38 and differs morphologically. Tarabul's gerbil Tarabul's gerbil ("Gerbillus tarabuli") is a species of small rodent which is found in arid regions of north western Africa. Tarabul's gerbil