rodent family tree – Rodent Zone

Mongolian Gerbil Facts

July 20, 2017June 30, 2017

Mongolian gerbils make great pets and out of all the gerbils and jird species out there – they hold the single name ‘gerbil’ very proudly. All other gerbils or jirds need their full name to show how different they are to ‘gerbils’ 1: Gerbils are really Jirds? Gerbils – as we know them from … Read more

Is A Gerbil A Rodent?

December 6, 2020May 16, 2017

Absolutely it is. Gerbils belong to the same giant family (well Order) as hamsters, mice, squirrels, beavers and even giant capybara – however, they are not that closely related to get excited about. Rodents are so named from the Latin word ‘to gnaw’ which gerbils do very well indeed. Who hasn’t had their gerbils gnaw … Read more