Gobi jerboa by the Central Asiatic Expeditions and housed at the American Museum of Natural History (Allen 1925). Allen further compared the subspecies "Allactaga sibirica annulata" and "Allactaga sibirica sibirica", to the Gobi jerboa because they are all sympatric. Allen examined forty specimens collected from different regions of Mongolia, and found that while the Gobi jerboa was similar in color and appearance to "A. sibirica annulata", by exhibiting the same grayer and buffier phases, the Gobi jerboa has shorter and broader ears, smaller hind feet, and a much larger globular audital bullae (nearly three times the size), which differentiates it from "A.
Zhelaizhai being a "subgroup of the Chinese majority Han." Zhelaizhai lies in the Hexi Corridor in the northern region of China, on the eastern edge of the Gobi Desert. It is rural, with the nearest city being distant. Zhelaizhai Zhelaizhai () is a village on the edge of the Gobi desert in Gansu province, China. The area was renamed after Liqian, an ancient county, and is located in Jiaojiazhuang township, Yongchang County. Some of the modern-day residents of Zhelaizhai, now known as Liqian village, have been suspected to be descendants of a group Roman soldiers that were never accounted for after