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Gobi jerboa

Allactaga bullata G. M. Allen, 1925

LCLeast Concernrodents

The gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata) is a species in the family Dipodidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 89.4 g and live up to 0.0833 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the gobi jerboa

Weight
89.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
0.0833 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
2.52src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gobi jerboa live?

Not recorded

What is the gobi jerboa?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert.

The Gobi jerboa was discovered in 1925 by Glover Morrill Allen. It is found in the Gobi Desert located in northern and northwestern China, as well as in southern Mongolia, and is considered to be the most "desert loving" out of all Gobi rodents.. Allen first examined an adult male Gobi jerboa from Tsagan Nor, Outer Mongolia, which was collected on July 5, 1922 by the Central Asiatic Expeditions and housed at the American Museum of Natural History.. Allen further compared the subspecies Allactaga sibirica annulata and Allactaga sibirica sibirica, to the Gobi jerboa because they are all sympatric. Allen examined forty specimens collected from different regions of Mongolia, and found that while the Gobi jerboa was similar in color and appearance to A. sibirica annulata, by exhibiting the same grayer and buffier phases, the Gobi jerboa has shorter and broader ears, smaller hind feet, and a much larger globular audital bullae (nearly three times the size), which differentiates it from A. sibirica annulata. The Gobi jerboa was differentiated from A. sibirica sibirica because of its enlarged and globular auditory bullae, and its nearly vertical upper incisors. Today, there have been 163 recorded occurrences of the Gobi jerboa, however there is currently no known data that examines its population status.

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Is the gobi jerboa endangered?

The gobi jerboa is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the gobi jerboa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyDipodidae
  6. genusAllactaga
  7. SpeciesAllactaga bullata G. M. Allen, 1925

Synonyms Allactaga bullata, Orientallactaga bullata

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Gobi-SpringmausGerman
  • Gobi-PferdespringmausGerman
  • Goviin AlagdaagaMongolian
  • Jupawuzhi TiaoshuChinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gobi jerboa

Other species in the same genus Allactaga.

LC, Least Concern

Hotson's jerboa

Allactaga hotsoni

DipodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the gobi jerboa?

An adult gobi jerboa weighs 89.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gobi jerboa endangered?

The gobi jerboa is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the gobi jerboa live?

The gobi jerboa has a recorded lifespan of 0.0833 years.

What kind of animal is the gobi jerboa?

The gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata) belongs to the family Dipodidae in the order Rodentia.

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@misc{gobi_jerboa_2026,
  title = {Gobi jerboa (Allactaga bullata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobi-jerboa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}