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Smallest Mammal by Head–Body Length
Verified29(lower bound)
Kitti's hog-nosed bat
Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) inhabits limestone caves in western Thailand and southeastern Myanmar. At just 29–33 mm head–body length, it is the smallest living mammal under the body-length metric.