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.

So far, the fellow has identified the introduction of domestic cats, a predator the jerboas had not previously faced. Little is known about the habits of the long-eared jerboa, which is found only in southern Mongolia and north-central regions of China. It is primarily nocturnal, spending most daylight hours in underground tunnels, and seems to subsist largely on insects.