Special Animals of the Gobi Desert
ICHK-Hong Lok Yuen, Romily Roberts, Non-Fiction: Group 1
G
obi means waterless place. Life has adapted to live there even though it is very tough.
To survive in the Gobi Desert, animals get their water from the food they eat and come
out at night.
It is a home for many different animals like jerboas, snow leopards, Gobi bears and
Bactrian camels. However, many of these are endangered animals.
Long-eared jerboas are very cute looking animals. It is size of a mouse, with a snout like a pig
and ears like Dumbo. It hops like a kangaroo. There are different types of jerboa but the long-
eared jerboas is special. It is the only one of an entire genus- this means it is related to all the
other animals on Earth…..even to you and me!
