long-earedJerboa is known as the "Mickey Mouse in the Desert", it likes to be active at night, its forelimbs are short like ordinary Mickey Mouse, and its hind limbs are slender and physical It is currently listed as one of the 100 most endangered species in the world, and is listed as Endangered (EN) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). On May 1, 2011, the staff of the Flaming Mountain Scenic Area in Turpan, Xinjiang found a long-eared jerboa under the Flaming Mountain.

Chinese name: Long-eared jerboa

Latin name: euchoreutes naso

Binary name: Euchoreutes naso

Phylum: chordate Door Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrate Subphylum

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Eutheria

Order : Rodentia

Suborder: Murine suborder

Family: Dipodidae

Subfamily: Long-eared Jerboidae

Genus: Jerboa

Species: Jerboa

Distribution area: western Inner Mongolia, northern Gansu, Qaidam Basin in Qinghai and eastern Xinjiang and Southern Conservation Status Endangered

Long-earedJerboa has a special shape and can form a subfamily by itself. Compared with other jerboas, the long-eared jerboa has a pointed snout, small eyes and large ears, almost half the length of its head, making it the animal with the largest proportion of ears. The legs are kangaroo-like and disproportionate to the body. Often described as "Mickey Mouse in the desert".

The body length is 8-10.5 cm, the tail length is 15-19 cm, and the tail is spiked; It accounts for 40 to 50% of its body length, with 5 toes on the hind feet.

Long-earedjerboa are mostly nocturnal and spend the day in underground burrows. Due to the serious damage to the living environment, the survival of the jerboa has been greatly challenged, and the jerboa has been listed as one of the endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.