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You Won’t Believe How Small These 20 Animals Are
The smaller, the cuter. These animals will surely make you look twice. It’s definitely unbelievable how small they actually are.
1. Bee Hummingbird
The Bee Hummingbird is native to the Cuban archipelago. With a length of just 2 inches, this bird earns its spot as the smallest living bird on the planet. Imagine taking a test with this little bird perched on your pencil.
2. Pygmy Marmoset Monkey
The Pygmy Marmoset Monkey is native to South America’s rainforests. It is the smallest monkey in the world, weighing only 100 grams. Due to its large population, it is listed as a species with no risk of decline.
3. Brookesia Micra Chameleon
Look how small this chameleon is! Sadly, it is currently classified as an endangered species due to the destruction of its habitat. Its small form is a result of evolutionary dwarfism. They live in the rich forests of Madagascar.
4. Virgin Islands Dwarf Gecko
The species was discovered during a collecting excursion in the British Virgin Islands. It is almost as small as an American dime. Little is known about the Virgin Islands Dwarf Gecko.
5. Vaquita
“Vaquita” means “little cow” in Spanish. It is a very rare species of porpoise, and the estimated number of living Vaquitas plummeted below 100 in 2014, earning it the title of the most endangered cetacean on the planet.
6. Speckled Padloper Tortoise
The Speckled Padloper is the world’s smallest tortoise. It is Native to South Africa and Southern Namibia. These tortoises measure at 6 cm in height.
7. Pygmy Mouse Lemur
Ok, now this one is a real cutie. The Pygmy Mouse Lemur is the world’s smallest living lemur. They inhabit the deciduous forests of Madagascar.
8. Philippine Tarsier
The Philippine Tarsier, scientifically called “Carlito syrichta”, is very difficult to spot due to its tiny form. Its height is only around 4 inches, making it one of the smallest primates in the world.
9. Monte Iberia Eleuth
The Monte Iberia Eleuth is known to be the smallest frog in the Northern Hemisphere and the third smallest in the whole world.
10. Musky Caiman Crocodile
The average height of the Musky Caiman Crocodile is a mere 4 inches.
11. Vechur Cow
There is a rare species of cow in India that measures only 2 feet in height and 4 feet in length. It is notable for producing abundant amounts of milk with very little food.
12. Patu Digua Spider
The Patu Digua is the smallest known spider in the world. It is as tiny as the dot in this text.
13. Denise’s Pygmy Seahorse
These adorable seahorses are about the size of a human fingernail! Would you look at that!
14. Paedophryne Amauensis Frog
The Paedophryne Amauensis Frog is a fourth of the size of a dime. They live on dead leaves in rainforests and were originally discovered in Papua New Guinea.
15. Barbados Threadsnake
The Barbados Threadsnake is the smallest known snake species in the world. It is native to the Caribbean Island. They are approximately 10cm in length.
16. Etruscan Shrew
Look how little that creature is! By mass, it is the smallest known mammal on the planet. An average sized Etruscan shrew only weighs about 1.8 grams.
17. Royal Antelope
The Royal Antelope is the smallest type of antelope in the world. It grows up to just 10 inches high!
18. Paedocypris Fish
Growing to a mere 1/3 of an inch, the Paedocypris fish can be found in Southeast Asia and are known to survive high levels of acidity.
19. Chihuahua
The world’s smallest Chihuahua, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is Boo-Boo, featured in the photo above. She stands at just under 4 inches in height.
20. Kitti’s Hog-Nosed Bat
This bat is common in Thailand and is about the size of a quarter when fully grown. It is also known as the Bumblebee Bat. It lives in Thailand’s limestone filled caves and is currently classified as an endangered species due to the destruction of its habitat.
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