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The Kitti's Hog-nosed bat is considered as the world's smallest mammal as of today. It's length is about 29–33 millimetres and weight approximately 2 grams. It is also know as the the bumblebee bat due to it's size. This bat specie is a native of western Thailand and southeast Burma. They live in limestone caves along the rivers.

Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat is the smallest species of bat and one of the world's smallest mammals. 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 bat feeds during short activity periods in the evening and dawn, foraging around nearby forest areas for insects. Females give birth annually to a single offspring.

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