The bumblebee bat, also known as Kitti's hog-nosed bat, is the smallest known species of bat. Fragile in form and existence, there are serious fears that this teabag-sized treasure is in trouble, endangered with extinction and left with an uncertain future. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Measuring a minuscule 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) in length, bumblebee bats ( Craseonycteris thonglongyai ) are additionally the world's smallest mammal in terms of body size (although the Etruscan shrew is regarded as the smallest by body mass). Still, the bat only weighs in around 2 grams, about the weight of two paperclips.

Bumblebee bats are native to the limestone caves of the flood plains in western Thailand and southeast My

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