An UPDATE to our September 19, 2007 post about the four-toed jerboa.
The Times Online reports that the jerboa has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time as part of a project to save it from extinction.
Watch the video on YouTube
A scientific expedition to the Gobi desert in Mongolia has now succeeded in capturing video footage of the nocturnal and little-known animal.
“It’s an extraordinary animal that looks as if it’s been designed by committee - kangaroo legs, snowshoe feet, huge ears and a pig’s nose.
“It represents millions of years of evolutionary history and while it looks like a small rodent it’s very, very distinct. There’s no other animal of its type.”
The Times Online reports that the jerboa has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time as part of a project to save it from extinction.
Watch the video on YouTube
A scientific expedition to the Gobi desert in Mongolia has now succeeded in capturing video footage of the nocturnal and little-known animal.
“It’s an extraordinary animal that looks as if it’s been designed by committee - kangaroo legs, snowshoe feet, huge ears and a pig’s nose.
“It represents millions of years of evolutionary history and while it looks like a small rodent it’s very, very distinct. There’s no other animal of its type.”
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