Meet The Long-Eared Jerboa – The Absolutely Adorable Tiny Mysterious Creature

Dr Jonathan Baillie, the head of field conservation at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and leader of its expedition to Mongolia, said his crew drove for days to get to the Gobi desert, then painstakingly scouted the area at night to find the rodents. The footage and images from this expedition really are extraordinary, and incredibly charming, Dr Baillie said. The long-eared jerboa is a bit like the Mickey Mouse of the desert, cute and comic in equal measure.