You’d be forgiven for thinking that the long-eared jerboa was dreamed up by the imagination of a gifted artist. After all, it has elements of a mouse, kangaroo, pig, rabbit, and many more creatures, wrapped up in an adorable little package.
Yet this big-eared, long-tailed jumping mouse-like rodent actually exists, and can be found in the deserts of southern Mongolia and northwest China. Up until recently though, very few people even knew it existed at all.
