A large jerboa, more than twice the weight of the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa. Upper parts orangish brown, fading to gray on the sides, and orange to buff along the flanks. Coat long, soft, and dense. Hind limb brownish orange on the outside with hip band grayish meeting at base of tail. Underparts and forelimbs white. Inner hind limbs white. Hind feet enormous, white above, with three toes, the central being the longest. Claws brownish. Forefeet have four toes, the first of which is poorly developed. Head propor­tionately large, mostly huffish with poorly de­fined pale spots above the eye and behind the ears. Ears large, longer than in Lesser Egyptian Jerboa and broader than in the Four-toed Gerbil. Fully pigmented. Whiskers strikingly long, reaching over 8cm. Tail long, colored as upper parts above, whitish below, with bushy terminal tuft that is tricolored-cream, black, white.