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bumblee bat or hog-nosed bat
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Hog-nosed bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Craseonycteridae
Genus : Craseonycteris

Facts about the genus Craseonycteris, the hog-nosed bat

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

" The caves which are the habitat of hog-nosed bat are known only in the dry evergreen and semi-evergreen forests in the west of Thailand. (Full text)

Intricate details of the skull of the tiny hog-nosed bat are revealed using the CT scanner. (Full text)