Heptner’s pygmy jerboa has a sandy-gray back and a white underside. It occurs around the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Its back is sandy gray with scattered dark hairs, while its sides and underside are white. A short black tuft marks the tail tip, and the three-toed hind feet have brushes of white hair underneath.
It is nocturnal and eats seeds and insects. The treatment describes it in sandy habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.