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

Mother Nature often surprises us with some of its creations, and the long-eared jerboa is a perfect example of this. Just look at it, it’s absolutely tiny, ears like a rabbit, the body of a mouse, the snout of a pig and the hind legs of a donkey. Are we sure it’s not a Pokemon? But it is exactly this mysterious weirdness that makes the tiny creature so popular with people all over the internet.

"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".