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Conservation status: Endangered The Bumblebee Bat or perhaps more correctly Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is the world's smallest species of bat at 30-40mm in length and a weight of 2 grams (about as much as a dime). It is the only known species in its genus and is found in a tiny region of western Thailand, in the Sai Yok National Park, Kanchanaburi Province. Image:Specimen.jpg The bat is named a Bumblebee Bat because it is about the size of a bumblebee. It comp ...

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