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Adam Rainer was born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (present day Austria), in 1899. [3] As a child, Rainer was described as very small, thin, and weak. In 1917, at age 18, he was measured at 122.55 cm (4 ft 0.25 in).
Sphaerodactylus ariasae is the world's smallest known reptile.The second-smallest is S. parthenopion, native to the British Virgin Islands.The Jaragua sphaero measures 14–18 mm (0.55–0.71 in) [3] from the snout to the base of the tail and can fit on a US 25-cent coin.
Lucía Zárate (January 2, 1864 – January 15, 1890) was a Mexican entertainer with dwarfism who performed in sideshows.Zárate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. [2]
Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. [1] In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is 120 centimetres (4 ft).
Better known as General Mite, Flynn was an American dwarf who performed as a showman at various competitions around the world. In 1884, Flynn married English little person, Millie Edwards, in England. [31] The wedding was widely publicized and attended.
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.
Primordial dwarfism (PD) is a form of dwarfism that results in a smaller body size in all stages of life beginning from before birth. [1] More specifically, primordial dwarfism is a diagnostic category including specific types of profoundly proportionate dwarfism, in which individuals are extremely small for their age, even as a fetus.
Black Dwarf is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a prominent member of the Black Order , a team of aliens who work for Thanos . Black Dwarf first appeared in a one panel cameo in New Avengers (vol. 3) #8 (September 2013 ) and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña . [ 150 ]