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Kitti's hog-nosed bat is the smallest species of bat and arguably the world's smallest mammal by body length (the Etruscan shrew is regarded as the smallest by body mass). It has a reddish-brown or grey coat, with a distinctive pig-like snout. Colonies range greatly in size, with an average of 100 individuals per cave.
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 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)
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 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 ...
A four-year-old female pig with a penchant for jumping into muddy puddles. Peppa can be bossy but loves her family and friends (some of whom are of the non-pig variety), and embarks on little ...
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