Small, rather variable jerboa. Upper parts varying in color from orangish to  reddish  brown. Fur long and soft. Flanks orange to gray. Thighs orange to reddish brown with pale, gray to white thigh bands meeting at base of tail. Underparts and forelimbs white. Hind limbs elongated, white, and may or may not be black at the back of the lower leg. Hind feet greatly elongated with three toes, the central one being longest. Sole of hind foot naked with toe pads obscured by long, silky white fur that probably gives the jerboa pur­chase on soft sand. Head proportionately large with prominent eyes, and large, rounded ears, not highly elongated and only pigmented at tip. Face largely pale. White patch above eye prominent. White patch behind ear indistinct. Tail long, colored same as the upper parts above, paler below. Coloration of feathered tip complex and tricolored-white, black, white. Terminal tip white preceded by sub termi­nal black band that may or may not be white below. This is, in turn, preceded by a whitish band.