Bumblebee bat

• Kitti’s hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)

The bumblebee bat is a near-threatened species of bat that can be found in western Thailand and southeast Myanmar, namely in limestone caves along rivers (with an average of 100 individuals per cave).

As you probably already guess, the bumblebee bat is the smallest species of bat and probably the smallest mammal in the world. In general, their diet consists of insects. In addition, females give birth annually to a single offspring.

The bumblebee bat is actually the only extant species in the family Craseonycteridae. They are about the size of a large bumblebee, weighing in at just two grams.