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Title

The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat

Description

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the bumblebee bat — also known as Kitti's hog-nosed bat — weighs 1.42 to 1.98 gm and has a head-to-body length of 2.89 to 3.28cm and a wingspan of 12.9 to 14.4cm. To see this little bat, you must go to one of a few limestone caves on the Khwae Noi River in Kanchanaburi Province, southwest Thailand. They are some of Earth's smallest species that play an important part in the ecology.

Source

The Sun 3.11.23, p.15.

Date

2023

Contributor

ethan

Format

Newspaper