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Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat
Craseonycteris thonglongyai (Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat · キティブタバナコウモリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A weight of 2 g is as light as two paper clips (about 1 g per clip) (Comparison).
- 💡 A head-and-body length of 3.3 cm is slightly larger than the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (about 2.65 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 By eating insects it may help reduce pests, though its small population limits the overall effect.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat is a bat about the size of a large bumblebee and is considered one of the smallest mammals in the world.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its head and body measure 29–33 mm and it weighs 1.7–2.0 g. Its small eyes are hidden by fur, and its body is reddish-brown or gray with darker wings and tail membrane.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It catches insects and spiders in flight, flying along the tops of bamboo. Active at dawn and dusk, about 100 individuals gather in a single cave, and females give birth to one young once a year.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List NT (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5481/22072935
- • IUCN Red List category NT — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1004554
- • iucnredlist.org — 22072935
- • wikidata.org — Q370965
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Kitti's hog-nosed bat Stuffed specimen.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Craseonycteris thonglongyai
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.