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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]
The ghost bat, heart-nosed bat, lesser false vampire bat, and greater false vampire bat feed on insects and small vertebrates; the yellow-winged bat and Thongaree's disc-nosed bat are likely fully insectivorous. [3] [2] [4] The heart-nosed bat, greater false vampire bat, and the ghost bat are three of the few bat-eating bats in the world.
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)
Family Craseonycteridae (bumblebee bat or Kitti's hog-nosed bat) Superfamily Rhinolophoidea. Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats) Family Nycteridae (hollow-faced bats or slit-faced bats) Family Megadermatidae (false vampires) Superfamily Vespertilionoidea. Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats or evening bats) Superfamily Molossoidea
The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...
Pegasoferans: bats, odd-toed ungulates, pangolins and carnivorans Bats (chiropterans) Megabats (pteropodids) Microbats (microchiropterans) Sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats (emballonurids) Rhinopomatoid bats Mouse-tailed bats (rhinopomatids) Bumblebee bat or Kitti's hog-nosed bat; Rhinolophoid bats Horseshoe bats (rhinolophids)