This North African jerboa bounds on long hind legs. It is active at night and spends the day in burrows dug in sand or clay.
Its back is pale sandy yellow and its underside is white. The hind legs are much longer than the forelegs, and the tail ends in a black-and-white tuft.
It leaves its burrow around dusk and returns at dawn. It digs in sand or clay and mainly eats roots, shoots, and seeds, with occasional insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.