World’s Smallest Mammal- a specie of bat

Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is the smallest species of bat and arguably the world’s smallest mammal. Kitti’s hog-nosed bat was unknown to the world at large prior to 1974. Its common name refers to its discoverer, Thai zoologist Kitti Thonglongya. The mammal has a reddish-brown or grey coat, with a distinctive pig-like snout. Colonies range greatly in…

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