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.”
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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