Title: Bumblebee bat Contact: Laurie O'Keefe Description: The Bumblebee bat, or Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat is the world's smallest species of bat. It competes with the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew as the world's smallest mammal. To appreciate the scale of this animal that weighs less than a dime, the image of the animal is shown resting on a human thumb. Native to western Thailand, it's name is derived from the comparative size it shares with the bumblebee insect. Keywords: bumblebee bat, bat, chiroptera, hog-nosed bat, smallest mammal, mammals of asia, fauna of Thailand, Endangered species, bats, flying mammal, animal, mammal, Craseonycteridae Media: Color Categories: Child/Youth, Nature Subject(s): Animal, Mammals, Vertebrates, Institutional, Sketchbook, Storybook Displaying image 1113 of 2587. Gallery of Laurie O'Keefe Email Laurie O'Keefe about this image. Copyright 2006 Rowland Reading Foundation. This image is not available for reuse and is protected by copyright. To commission work with a similar theme, contact Laurie O'Keefe. To email this image to someone else, copy and paste this address: http://www.science-art.com/image.asp?id=3096&m=0