Meet The 7 Smallest Animals That Will Capture Your Heart

Zee Media Bureau
Aug 13, 2024

Paedophryne amanuensis:

It is a species of from which was firstly discovered in New Guinea in 2009. Its average body size is just 0.3 inch (7.7 mm).

Paedocypris:

It is the smallest fish of length 0.3 inch (7.9 mm) which is found in peat swamp forests of Indonesia. Due to their tiny size, they can survive in extreme drought too.

Slender Blind Snakes:

These are thought to be world’s smallest snakes as their size is about 4.3 inch (11 cm) in length. They are blind and non venomous which are found in North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat:

They are also called Bumblebee Bat which is from Thailand and Burma. They are considered as the smallest bat as their size is about 1.1–1.6 inch (30–40 mm) in length.

Bee Hummingbird:

These are the smallest warm blooded vertebrate. Their size is about 2.2 in (5.7 cm) in length. Their nests are also tiny in size just like them.

Speckled Padloper Tortoise:

They are the world’s smallest turtle from South Africa. Their males size is different from females. Males measure 2.4–3.1 in (6–8 cm), while females which are slightly bigger, measure up to almost 4 in (10 cm).

Etruscan Pygmy:

This is the world’s smallest mammal which is also known as the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew and the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew. When it is measured by weight, it is 1.4–2 in (36–53 mm).

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