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Kitti's hog-nosed bat is small at about 29 to 33 mm (1.1 to 1.3 in) in length and 2 g (0.071 oz) in mass, [2] [3] hence the common name of "bumblebee bat". It is the smallest species of bat and may be the world's smallest mammal, depending on how size is defined.
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 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). [126] It is also arguably the smallest extant species of mammal, next to the Etruscan shrew. [127]
Bats have “incredible” reproductive biology that has been difficult to study given the nocturnal and secretive nature of many bat species, said study coauthor Nicolas Fasel, a bat specialist ...
Family Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat) Family Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats) Family Megadermatidae (false vampires) Family Pteropodidae (megabats) Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats) Family Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats)
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.
Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) Rhinopomatidae ... The Old World leaf-nosed bats. Genus Anthops [45] Flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus)
Kitti's hog-nosed bat: Craseonycteris thonglongyai: 6600 [21] NT [21] [21] Ghost bat: Macroderma gigas: ... Dusky leaf-nosed bat: Hipposideros ater: 108 million [356 ...