Long-eared Jerboa

• It has the largest ears in proportion to the body of any mammal: they are about a third of its body length.
• It was not filmed alive in the wild until 2007, on a Zoological Society of London expedition to the Gobi Desert.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)

Habitat and environment

Sandy valleys with low scrub in the deserts of Mongolia and north-west China

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

Best time: All year round in the deserts of Mongolia and north-western China, at night; it is very scarce and rarely seen.

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.