The smallest mammals in the world
The top 3 according to 19 votes from people: Bumblebee bat · Mouse lemurs · Least weasel. (Updated Sep 25, 2023.)
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?
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Top 10
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1
Bumblebee bat
The size of a large bumblebee, in Thailand's caves.
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2
Mouse lemurs
Madagascar's pocket lemurs.
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3
Least weasel
The smallest carnivore, a formidable hunter.
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4
Pygmy marmoset
The "pocket monkey".
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5
Long-tailed planigale
Its flat head lets it slip into cracks.
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6
Etruscan shrew
Under two grams, and it eats twice its weight every day.
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7
Pygmy possum
It grips branches with its tail.
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8
African pygmy mouse
It drinks dew from little pebbles.
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9
American shrew mole
More sociable than other moles.
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10
Pygmy jerboa
The smallest rodent, with kangaroo-like legs.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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