This jerboa lives in the clay and saline drylands of eastern Kazakhstan, around Lake Balkhash. It is active on the ground at night and eats both plants and small animals.
The upperparts are sandy brown and the underside is white. The species table says the tail lacks a conspicuous terminal tuft.
The account describes it as nocturnal and terrestrial, a poor jumper and a digger. Its listed foods include green plants, bulbs, spiders, and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.