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Kitti's Hog-nosed bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai

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Kitti's Hog-nosed bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai

A Kitti's Hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) from Thailand. It weighs only about 2 grams and is often referred to as the world's smallest mammal, but several other bat species and a species of shrew are of similar size.

1981 Asia Craseonycteridae Kitti's Hognosed or Bumblebee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation Science Source SmugMug Thailand diagnostics field work handheld handling bats in hand portrait

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