Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa

Mammals > Dipodidae & Pygmy Jerboas

The Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) is an extraordinary miniature desert specialist native to the harsh, wind-scoured gravel deserts of Central Asia. Weighing less than half an ounce, this tiny bipedal rodent is distinguished by elongated hindlimbs...

Long-eared Hedgehog

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Long-eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) is the swift, radar-eared miniature survivor of the sun-scorched deserts and dry steppes of Central Asia and the Middle East. Considerably smaller, faster, and more agile than its heavy-set European cousin, this...

Northern Three-toed Jerboa

Mammals > Rodents

The Northern Three-toed Jerboa (Dipus sagitta), also known as the Feather-footed Jerboa, is an extraordinary, highly adapted bipedal rodent in the family Dipodidae. Inhabiting the harsh, wind-swept sand dunes and cold steppes of Central Asia and the Gobi Desert, it...
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