"The jerboa forms the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae. Jerboas are hopping desert rodents found throughout Northern Africa and Asia east to northern China and Manchuria. They tend to

Jerboa are hopping, desert rodents ranging across Northern Africa and Asia. They come out of their burrows at night to forage for food (mostly plants but also some insects).

Desert animals have to be able to cope with very harsh conditions. There are both hot and cold deserts around the world. In both types of desert climate, animals have to be able to exist in an area which

A long-eared jerboa has a snack near Huoyanshan, also known as the Mountain of Flames, in Turpan, China, on May 13, 2009.