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

Its habitat is under threat from agriculture and illegal mining, which uses up vital water in the ecosystem, he said. That affects all the species in the area, where water is already scarce. There are other jerboas, but the long-eared variety represents millions of years of independent evolutionary history, and it has no close relatives. When people see ZSL's footage of this tiny, threatened creature I am convinced they will want to get involved in its conservation. Unfortunately, it is just one of many amazing and unusual animals that are highly threatened but receiving little or no conservation attention.