Top 10 Small Animals In The World

The bee hummingbird is the world's tiniest bird, with males weighing between 1.6 and 2 grams and reaching 2 to 2.4 inches in length.

1. Bee Hummingbird 

It is one of the tiniest mammals, weighing between 1.2 and 2.7 grams and ranging between 1.2 and 2.7 inches in length. It is also known as the white-toothed pygmy shrew.

2. Etruscan Shrew

Paedocypris is one of the smallest vertebrates known, measuring 7.9 to 10.3 millimeters in length. It is a Southeast Asian freshwater fish.

3. Paedocypris Fish

This little primate is located in Madagascar and weighs between 30 and 55 grams. It measures between 3.6 and 4.7 inches in length.

4. Pygmy Mouse Lemur

The speckled padloper is the world's smallest tortoise, weighing 95 to 165 grams and measuring 2.4 to 4.5 inches in length.

5. Speckled Padloper Tortoise

This little chameleon species is unique to Madagascar and measures only 1 inch in length, making it one of the smallest reptiles.

6. Brookesia Chameleon

It is the world's tiniest bat, with a wingspan of roughly 5.7 to 6.1 inches and a weight of 1.5 to 2 grams. It is also known as the bumblebee bat.

7. Kitti's Hog-Nosed Bat

The male fairy blue wren is a tiny bird found in Australia that measures about 5.1 to 5.5 inches in length.

8. Fairy Blue Wren

This little mouse is found in Pakistan and Afghanistan, weighing about 3.75 to 4.5 grams and measuring 2.8 to 3.4 inches in length.

9. Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa

The slender blind snake is the world's smallest snake, measuring between 3.9 and 4.1 inches in length.

10. Slender Blind Snakes

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