The Mongolian Hamster is a hamster of dry regions centered on Mongolia and northern China. It has pale buff upperparts, a white underside, and a short, densely furred tail.
Its upper fur ranges from pale buff to cinnamon buff and has black tips. The underside, feet, and tail are whitish; the short tail is densely furred.
It uses dry habitats such as gravel semideserts, saline soils, and fixed sands with vegetation. The specialist account notes that its Mongolian range overlaps desert and xeric shrubland biomes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.