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Mongolian gerbils live in the wild in the extensive steppe of Mongolia and Northern China.
They live there mainly under the ground in very complicated subterranean networks. The Mongolian gerbil weights 75 to 120 grams. The male is somewhat bigger than the female. The length of their body is, without the tail, about 12 cm and the tail has a length between the 8 and 11 cm. The Mongolian gerbil's body is slender and they have a short neck.