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Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat, is a near-threatened species of bat and the only extant member of the family Craseonycteridae. It occurs in western Thailand and southeast Myanmar , where it occupies limestone caves along rivers.
The Kitti's hog-nosed bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai, the smallest species of bat and the smallest mammal in the world, was found by him in 1973.He died suddenly from a massive heart attack, so the formal description was written by his British colleague, John E. Hill, who named the species in honour of its discoverer.
The Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat, from Thailand and Myanmar [80] is the smallest mammal, at 29–33 millimetres (1.1–1.3 in) in length and 2 grams (0.071 oz) in weight. [81] [82]
The smallest bat is Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), which is 29–34 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) long with a 150-millimetre (6 in) wingspan and weighs 2–2.6 g (1 ⁄ 16 – 3 ⁄ 32 oz). [127] It is also arguably the smallest extant species of mammal, next to the Etruscan shrew. [128]
Craseonycteris thonglongyai: Thailand: E Gray bat: Myotis grisescens: Central and southeastern U.S. E Hawaiian hoary bat: Lasiurus cinereus semotus: U.S. (HI) E Indiana bat: Myotis sodalis: Eastern and Midwestern U.S. E Northern long-eared bat: Myotis septentrionalis: Eastern U.S., Canada: T Lesser long-nosed bat: Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae
Craseonycteris thonglongyai Hill, 1974: Karst near rivers; world's smallest bat NT: Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats: Northern free-tailed bat: Chaerephon johorensis Dobson, 1873: Forest VU: Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat: Chaerephon plicatus Buchanan, 1800: Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests LC Unknown: Hairless bat: Cheiromeles ...
Craseonycteris thonglongyai Hill, 1974: Karst near rivers; world's smallest bat NT: Order: Dermoptera (colugos) Image Common name Scientific name Authority
The discovery of a completely new family is, by comparison, much more unusual. The most recent comparable incident before this discovery by Western science was the discovery of the bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai; family Craseonycteridae) in 1974. The only other examples from the 20th century are species that are only considered ...