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Bumblee bat or hog-nosed bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Craseonycteridae
Species : Craseonycteris thonglongyai

The Bumblebee Bat, or Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the worlds smallest mammal. This is when you define smallest as 'the smallest mammal by length' as opposed to 'the smallest mammal by weight'. Its length ranges from 2.9 to 3.3 centimeters and it weighs between 1.7 and 2 grams. It lives in Thailand in small holes or in crevices formed by stalactites in caves and is most active at dusk, where it flies above the bamboo and teak trees to feed on insects, either in flight or on the trees. Bumblebee bats were first discovered in 1973 by Kitti Thonglongya. Their major threat is deforestation by the teak logging industry.

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Facts about the bumblee bat or hog-nosed bat

The Kitti Hog-Nosed bat is one of the many kinds of bats.

ITIS TNS Google MSN Craseonycteris thonglongyai, the hog-nosed bat, is the smallest mammal in the world. (Full text)

The Bumblebee Bat or perhaps more correctly Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the worlds smallest species of bat at 29-33 mm in length and a weight of 2 grams (about as much as a dime). (Full text)

The Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is the world’s smallest mammal, even smaller than a shrew. (Full text)

The smallest bat, the Kitti’s hog-nosed bat, is also the smallest known mammal. (Full text)

The Bumblee Bat is the smallest bat. (Full text)

Small but Fussy: A Rare Cave Bat Kitti's bat (also known as the bumblebee bat), Craseonycteris thonglongyai, is the world's smallest mammal, weighing barely 2 grams and with a length of only 3 centimeters. (Full text)

Also the famous Kitti's hog-nosed bat is hunted to sell to tourists for mementoes (Stewart-Cox 1995:124). (Full text)

For instance, the Kitti's hog-nosed or bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the smallest mammal in the world, measuring about 3 cm in body length, 8 cm in wing span, and weighing 2 g. (Full text)

(The smallest species – the Kitti's hog-nosed bat – is about the size of a bumblebee and is thought to be the worlds smallest mammal! (Full text)

The Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is the world’s smallest mammal, even smaller than a shrew. (Full text)

In fact, the bumblebee bat ~ Craseonycteris thonglongyai ~ is the family's only member. (Full text)

Species: thonglongyai The Bumblebee Bat or perhaps more correctly Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the worlds smallest species of bat at 29-33 mm in length and a weight of 2 grams (about as much as a dime). (Full text)

   The Bumblebee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai is about 3 cm. (Full text)

Just 3cm long and a featherweight 2 gms, Craseonycteris thonglongyai is found only in a few caves in Thailand. (Full text)

Rhinopomatidae Craseonycteridae The Bumblebee Bat or perhaps more correctly Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the worlds smallest species of bat at 29-33 mm in length and a weight of 2 grams (about as much as a dime). (Full text)