The eGerbil Coat Colour I.D. Checker

The Gerbil I.D. Checker is a useful guide if you are unsure of what colour variety your gerbil is.

Click here to visit the Coat Colour I.D. Checker

Basic Coat Colours

Golden Agouti, Black, Grey Agouti, Slate, Argente Golden, Lilac

Click here to view the basic coat colours gallery.

ee Coat Colours

Dark Eyed Honey, Nutmeg, Polar Fox, Silver Nutmeg, Red Eyed Honey, Saffron, etc.

Click here to view the ee coat colours gallery. 

Lightened ee Coat Colours

ee colours which have been lightened, for example, ee + c^(chm), ee + c^(h), ee^(f), etc.

Click here to view the Lightened ee Gallery.

Colourpoint ee Coat Colours

CP Dark Eyed Honey (BEW), CP Nutmeg, CP Silver Nutmeg, etc.

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e^(f) Coat Colours

Schimmel, Silver Schimmel, Red eyed Schimmel, etc.

Click here to view the e^(f) coat colours gallery.

Colourpoint Coat Colours

CP Golden and Grey Agouti, Burmese, CP Slate, Topaz and Sapphire.

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Light Colourpoint Colours

Siamese, Light C.P Golden and Grey Agouti, Light C.P. Slate,etc.

Click here to view the light colourpoint coat colours gallery.

Pastel Coat Colours

White Bellied Cream, Ruby-Eyed White, Apricot, Red-Eyed Silver Nutmeg, Pink- Eyed White, Himalayan.

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Dilute Coat Colours

Dilute Golden and Grey Agouti, Dilute Black, Dilute Slate, Dilute Argente Golden & Dilute Lilac.

Click here to view the basic dilute coat colours gallery.

Other Dilute Coat Colours

Dilute Light CP Golden and Grey Agouti, Dilute Siamese, Dilute CP Slate, Dilute Topaz, Dilute Nutmeg, etc.

Click here to view the other Dilute Gallery.

Shades of Blue

The variable shades of Dilute Black (Blue).

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Shades of Gold

The variable shades of Dilute Golden Agouti.

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Dominant Spotting Gallery

Spot, Patched, Collared, Collar & Blaze, Mottled & Variegated

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Dominant Spotting in ee and e(f) Coats Gallery

The extension of yellow gene (e) interacts oddly with dominant spotting, also recessive genes on the C locus and the presence of e(f) can cause further variability to the overall coat.

 Click here to view the ee Dominant Spotting Gallery

Extreme White Spotting Gallery

Very recently in Europe, gerbils with extreme white spotting have appeared. Their coats are in excess of 90% white, and  very little of the base coat remains.

Click here to view the Extreme White coat colour gallery 1.

                              Click here to view the Extreme White coat colour gallery 2

                              Click here to view the Dominant Spotting & Extreme White Spotting guide