# The smallest mammals in the world

A shrew weighing under two grams, a bat the size of a bumblebee, a monkey that fits in a pocket: the tiniest mammals on the planet. Which one is the cutest?

- 19 votes · 10 items
- Sep 25, 2023 · leaneuchatel
- https://even.best/en/l/2859/the-smallest-mammals-in-the-world

## Top 10

1. **Bumblebee bat** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The size of a large bumblebee, in Thailand's caves.
2. **Mouse lemurs** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Madagascar's pocket lemurs.
3. **Least weasel** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The smallest carnivore, a formidable hunter.
4. **Pygmy marmoset** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "pocket monkey".
5. **Long-tailed planigale** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Its flat head lets it slip into cracks.
6. **Etruscan shrew** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Under two grams, and it eats twice its weight every day.
7. **Pygmy possum** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — It grips branches with its tail.
8. **African pygmy mouse** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — It drinks dew from little pebbles.
9. **American shrew mole** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — More sociable than other moles.
10. **Pygmy jerboa** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The smallest rodent, with kangaroo-like legs.

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