*'''Spotted''' - usually small white diamond on forehead and sometimes around neck. White markings do not go down to shoulders but stay on back. <br>
*'''Spotted''' - usually small white diamond on forehead and sometimes around neck. White markings do not go down to shoulders but stay on back. <br>
*'''Pied''' - usually small white diamond on forehead, around neck and down to shoulders and back. <br>
*'''Pied''' - usually small white diamond on forehead, around neck and down to shoulders and back. <br>
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*'''Mottled''' - more white markings than Pied, extending to lower back. <br>
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*'''Mottled''' - more white markings than Pied, extending to lower back. In heavily mottled gerbils it may often be hard to determine the base colour.<br>