Large and small animals. The smallest primates on earth
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We are all so accustomed to seeing how trees open their leaves in spring, how flowers reach for the sun, how cheerfully sparrows chirp on branches ... that we don’t even pay attention to all this beauty around us. We are surrounded by thousands of plants and animals and it is they who make our world so beautiful. All animals are unique, but even among them there are both the largest specimens and the smallest.
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The largest mammal on our planet is, of course, the blue whale. Adults weigh more than 150 tons (and sometimes 170) and reach a length of 33 meters.
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Now the blue whale is a very rare animal, since before it was ruthlessly hunted, exterminating for the sake of whale oil and mustache. Now he lives in some northern seas.
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The largest land mammal is the African elephant. The male African elephant of medium size reaches 3-4 m at the withers and weighs 4-7 tons.
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A huge body - almost the size of a one-story building, the weight of one elephant is equal to the total weight of about 50 people. IN normal conditions these animals live up to 70 years.
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The largest mammal lives in the aquatic environment, and the smallest - in the air. This is a pig-nosed bat. It is also called the bumblebee mouse, because in size it is inferior to many insects. The body length of this crumb is less than 3 cm, weight is about 2 g.
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The name "pig-nosed" bumblebee mouse was due to the fact that its nose looks like a piglet. Pig-nosed bats are found in Thailand. Their number is very small. Mice live in small groups, day in limestone caves, and fly out to hunt for insects at dusk.
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The tiny shrew also competes for the title of the smallest mammal. Its body length is less than 5 cm, and its weight is up to 2.5 g. Indeed, a small animal.
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The little shrew lives throughout Northern Europe and Russia, Mongolia, China and South Korea. Shrews feed on worms and insects.
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The tallest mammal is the giraffe. The giraffe lives in the dry and sparsely forested savannah in Africa. The growth of these beauties is above 6 meters.
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High growth allows the giraffe to eat leaves, flowers, young shoots of trees from the upper tier of vegetation.
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The largest cat is the tiger. In a male tiger, the body length from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail is on average 3.15 m, the height at the withers is 99-107 cm, and the weight is about 265 kg.
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The smallest cat is the Bengal cat. The length of the body along with the head of a Bengal cat living in southern regions India and Sri Lanka, reaches 350 - 480 mm. An average female weighs 1.1 kg, and a male 1.5-1.6 kg.
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The largest monkey is the gorilla. The largest primate is the male gorilla that lives in the lowland forests of Eastern Congo. His weight exceeds 163 kg, and his height reaches 180 cm.
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The smallest primate is the pygmy mouse lemur recently discovered in Madagascar. The length of the head and body is 62 mm, the length of the tail is 13.6 cm, and the weight is approximately 306 g.
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The largest pinniped is the elephant seal. Its maximum girth is 3.7 m, and its weight is 2000-3500 kg.
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The smallest pinniped is the Galapagos fur seal. Adult females reach an average length of 1.2 m, and their weight is approximately 27 kg. Males are usually larger, up to 1.5 m in length and weighing up to 64 kg.
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The largest bird on the planet is now the African ostrich - its height reaches 2.7 m, and its weight is 175 kg. The long neck is crowned with a small head with a flat beak.
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By the way, the eyes of ostriches are so large that they exceed the size of their own brain. An ostrich is a flightless bird, so its legs are much better developed than its wings.
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Ostriches feed mainly on plants, but do not disdain small insects, reptiles, rodents and even carrion.
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The smallest bird is the bee hummingbird. Its length is only 5.7 cm, weight 1.6 g. The flight speed of hummingbirds-bees is 80 km / h, in flight they buzz like bees due to the high frequency of wing movement (80-100 strokes per second).
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Hummingbirds feed on nectar, hovering in front of flowers and sucking out the contents with a thin long beak, as well as small insects that live in flowers. Hummingbird nests do not exceed the size of a thimble.
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The whale shark is the largest fish found on our planet. The largest specimen caught was about 14 m long, although eyewitnesses testified to sharks as large as 18 or even 20 meters. The weight of such giants can reach 12 tons.
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These fish are found in the tropical zones of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, but sometimes swim to the north.
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For humans, these fish are safe, as they feed on crustaceans, small fish, krill. These sharks are not viviparous. They lay a small number of eggs, from which the young hatch.
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The largest predatory fish is a real danger to humans - it is a white shark. Representatives of this species often attack swimmers, and for many such an encounter has sad consequences. With a weight of up to four tons and a length of up to eight meters, it is no wonder that this shark is so dangerous.
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One of the smallest fish is considered: the pandaka goby. The length of these fish averages from 7 mm to 1 cm, and they live in freshwater rivers and lakes in the Philippines.
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The title of the largest snake is claimed by the anaconda and the reticulated python. The python, reaching a length of 10 m, was in the lead for a long time, but a specimen of an anaconda more than 11.5 meters long was recently discovered. python. anaconda
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They lead a semi-aquatic lifestyle and feed mainly on large animals, capybaras. Anaconda lives in South America
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Pythons live in Asia. They live in humid forests, climb trees, and are good swimmers. Just like anacondas, pythons prey on small animals. They are more aggressive and can attack a person.
Have you ever wondered which animal is the smallest in the world? Then you have come to the right place. Some animals are so small that you just won't believe your eyes. From frogs to horses different types Animals around the world have been treated unfairly. Even more interesting is the fact that scientists and researchers discovered many of these animals quite recently. We'll make you wonder what other little creatures might be lurking around. I wonder what miniature animals we dug up? Here are 25 smallest animals in the world that you won't believe exist.
25. Chihuahua
Everyone knows that Chihuahuas are tiny, but you can't even imagine how tiny they can be. The Guinness Book of Records named the Chihuahua Milly the smallest dog in the world. It reaches 9.6 cm in height, which is approximately the height of stilettos.
24. Dwarf rabbit
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The pygmy rabbit is the smallest and rarest rabbit in the world. On average, their size can be from 22.8 to 27.9 cm, and they weigh just under 500 g.
23. Dwarf marmoset
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While the pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit in the primate world, the pygmy marmoset rules like a tiny queen. These animals live in South America and look like a squirrel, if not for the head. They are so small that they can fit in a human hand. The weight of a marmoset is usually 90-150 g, and the height is only about 15 cm.
22. Chameleon Lesser Brookesia (Brookesia Micra)
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Found on the island of Madagascar, the Lesser Brookesia chameleon is the smallest chameleon ever found. It is so small that it can easily fit on a match head or the tip of a person's index finger.
21. Miniature horse 
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Miniature horses can reach the size of an average dog. The smallest horse in the world was called Thumbelina, it was a miniature brown mare with a height of only 44.5 cm. It was officially entered into the Guinness Book of Records in 2006.
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Scientists have discovered the smallest lizard in the world in the Dominican Republic. This type is called sphaerodactylus ariasae and such a lizard can comfortably curl up on a US dime. Its length reaches less than 16 millimeters.
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According to the Guinness Book of Records, the smallest cat was found in Taylorville, Illinois. The male Himalayan-Persian blue point named Tinker Toy, reaching adulthood, reached 7 cm in height and 19 cm in length.
18. Pygmy Lantern Shark
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The pygmy lantern shark is rare because it swims about 439 m below the ocean surface off the coast of South America. Very little is known about her. We know that these fish are small enough to fit in a human hand.
17. Etruscan shrew
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The Etruscan shrew is not only the smallest shrew, but also the smallest mammal by weight. They usually weigh less than 2 grams and reach a length of 4 cm. But, despite the fact that they are small, they have an excellent appetite, and twice a day they eat a volume of food comparable in weight to their own weight.
16. Royal Antelope
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Found in the rainforests of Ghana and Sierra Leone, the Royal Antelope is the smallest antelope in the world at around 25 cm tall and weighing around 2.5 kg. It is extremely rare to meet her because of her secretive nocturnal lifestyle.
15. Pig-nosed bat (bumblebee bat)
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The pig-nosed bat boasts two achievements. This is not only the smallest bat, but also the smallest mammal. On average, they grow to about 33 mm and weigh only 2 grams.
14. The smallest seahorse
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Marine biologists have discovered the world's smallest seahorse in the Western Pacific. Known as Hippocampus denise, they were first mistaken for baby seahorses. Typically, such a seahorse reaches a length of only 16 mm.
13. Motley turtle
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The Speckled Padloper Tortoise is, you guessed it, the smallest turtle in the world. Measuring just 7cm in males and 10cm in females, these little creatures can be found crawling slowly along paths in South Africa.
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The smallest cow in the world is called Manikyam. Although it won't fit in the palm of your hand, it's about as small as cows can get. At just 61.5 cm tall, the little cow is considered a pet in the family to which it belongs.
11. Frog Paedophryne Amauensis
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The brownie-sized frog, Paedophryne Amauensis, is the smallest known vertebrate. It averages about 7.7 millimeters and looks like a tiny speck on a US dime.
10 Pygmy Mouse Lemur
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Living in Madagascar, the Pygmy mouse lemur weighs only about 60 g. Its body length, including its head, is approximately 5 cm. However, the tail is twice as long as the body.
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One of the smallest species of salamander is Thorius Arboreus, found exclusively in Mexico. The length of this salamander, together with a wide head, is 17 millimeters. Unfortunately, they are under threat of extinction due to agricultural activities and deforestation.
8 Samoan Moss Spider
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We all know that spiders can be quite small, not to mention terrifyingly gigantic, but in this case, the Samoan Moss Spider was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest spider in the world. Its size reaches only 0.3 mm.
7 California porpoise
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The California porpoise is the smallest marine mammal in the world, but unfortunately it is endangered due to illegal fishing. These tiny cetaceans reach an average length of 1 m. Recently, only thirty individuals are known to remain in the wild, which is 97% less than a year before these data were obtained.
6. The smallest snake 
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The smallest snake in the world was discovered on the island of Barbados. Measuring just 10 cm in length, this rare snake is a type of threadsnake and is as thin as spaghetti. Unfortunately, much of her habitat has been destroyed by farms and buildings.
5. Paedocypris fish
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The Paedocypris fish is the smallest vertebrate in the world. From head to tail, it reaches a length of about 7.9 mm and can comfortably fit on a human finger. But, it's not the only one interesting fact about her. Fish can swim and live in very acidic water.
4. Hummingbird - bee
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Hummingbird - a bee lives on the island of Cuba. It is the smallest bird in the world, weighing only 2 grams. Her eggs are the size of coffee beans and her nest is the size of a quarter. Because of its size, it has to compete with insects rather than other birds.
3 Smooth-fronted Dwarf Caiman
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The smooth-fronted pygmy caiman swims up and down the waters of South America looking for vertebrates to drag underwater and eat. While their length of 1 meter may not cause fear, they are quite dangerous.
2. Longtail planigal
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The long-tailed planigal looks like a tiny rat, but is actually the smallest marsupial in the world. The animal reaches a length of 5.5 cm, and its tail is usually the same length, or slightly longer. Planigals live mainly in the grasslands of Northern Australia.
1. Dwarf three-toed jerboa
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It looks like a cotton ball with two eyes and giant legs, but, in fact, the Pygmy Three-toed Jerboa is the smallest rodent in the world. It weighs less than a gram, and its body length is 4 cm. Be careful, look at it longer, and you may want to take this cute creature to your home.
The animal world of our planet is extremely diverse. Any habitat - be it oceans, forests, caves and airspace - is inhabited by thousands of life forms. Not a single science fiction writer could endow a fictional planet with such a rich life that our native Earth has ...
Vertebrates, Class Mammals.
The largest mammal on our planet It is, of course, the blue whale. Adults weigh more than 150 tons (and sometimes 170) and reach a length of 33 meters. 
These are graceful and beautiful animals, with a slender body, ideally adapted to the aquatic habitat. From the bottom of the head there are longitudinal throat folds, thanks to which the whale is easy to recognize. Although it is difficult to misunderstand when looking at this giant.
Now the blue whale is a very rare animal, since before it was ruthlessly hunted, exterminating for the sake of whale oil and mustache. Now he lives in the Bering and Chukchi seas, in the area of the Kuril ridge, the Commander and Aleutian Islands. In the Sea of Japan, this giant was completely exterminated. Each adult animal eats about 1 tonne of krill per day. 
The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus is the largest mammal not only in modern times, but has ever lived on Earth. It is larger than even the largest dinosaur. The largest whale, the female, measured 33.58 meters or 110 feet in length.
The heaviest known whale weighed over 190 tons, and the weight was hypothetically determined by weighing its remains. This corresponds to the mass of 30 elephants or 150 bulls. 
He, i.e. the blue whale and the loudest mammal - it can make sounds at a volume of 188dB, which can be heard at a distance of 850 km.
largest land mammal This is a male African elephant. The largest elephant had a shoulder height of 3.96 m or 13 feet and weighed over 12 tons. 
Elephants, like whales, mainly communicate through low-frequency noises that are inaudible to the human ear, in order to communicate with each other at a distance of several kilometers. 
Elephants can hear with their feet just as well as with their ears, picking up the ultra-low frequency sounds passing through the ground. It has been known for over 20 years that African elephants can communicate at frequencies so low that the human ear cannot pick up these sounds. 
Until now, however, no one has been sure whether these "talks" travel through the earth like seismic waves. It is possible that elephants resort to this method of communication when there is too much noise above the ground, for example, airplanes fly by. It turned out that elephants can send seismic waves to a distance of almost two kilometers.
tallest mammal The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) lives in the dry and sparsely forested savannah in sub-Saharan Africa. The tallest recorded specimen was a male named George, belonging to the subspecies G. c. tippelskirchi. 
He was brought to the Chester Zoo, England, from Kenya on January 8, 1959. He almost rested his horns on the roof of a cage 6.1 m high when he was 9 years old.
The largest mammal lives in the aquatic environment, and the smallest - in the air.
This is a pig-nosed bat. It is also called the bumblebee mouse, because in size it is inferior to many insects. The body length of this crumb is less than 3 cm, weight is about 2 g. The name "pig-nosed" bumblebee mouse was given because its nose looks like a piglet. 
Pig-nosed bats are found in the province of Kanchanaburi in Thailand and in Myanmar, their numbers are very small. Mice live in small groups, day in limestone caves, and fly out to hunt for insects at dusk.
For the title of the smallest mammal is fighting and shrew baby shrew - after all, unlike the bumblebee mouse, it does not have a wingspan. Its body length is less than 5 cm, and its weight is up to 2.5 g. 
Indeed, a small animal. The skin of these animals is dark gray-brown in color, with gray tan marks on the abdomen and bottom of the tail. The little shrew lives throughout Northern Europe and Russia, Mongolia, China and South Korea, as well as Sakhalin and Hokkaido. Shrews feed on invertebrates - worms and insects. 
Vertebrates, Class Birds.
The largest bird on the planet is now African ostrich - its height reaches 2.7 m, and its weight is 175 kg. The long neck is crowned with a small head with a flat beak. 
By the way, the eyes of ostriches are so large that they exceed the size of their own brain. An ostrich is a flightless bird, so its legs are much better developed than its wings. To make it easier for the bird to run fast, the claw of one of the toes grew to form a hoof. 
Fluffy plumage grows only on the body, leaving the head, neck and legs bare - after all, these birds live in a warm climate, and they do not need flight feathers. Beautiful feathers have always attracted the attention of hunters - they were used as plumes, hat decorations or making fans.
Ostriches feed mainly on plants, but do not disdain small insects, reptiles, rodents and even carrion. The common myth that ostriches hide their heads in the sand when threatened is nothing more than a fairy tale. Defending the nest, the females really flatten out on the ground, but they do not hide their heads in it.
The smallest bird- a hummingbird-bee, a bird inferior in size to many insects. Its length is only 5.7 cm, weight 1.6 g. The flight speed of hummingbirds-bees is 80 km / h, in flight they buzz like bees due to the high frequency of wing movement (80-100 beats per second). 
Hummingbirds feed on nectar, hovering in front of flowers and sucking out the contents with a thin long beak, as well as small insects that live in flowers. Hummingbird nests do not exceed the size of a thimble. 
It is not surprising that the largest egg in the world also belongs to an ostrich - its weight reaches one and a half kilograms, and its length is 15-20 cm, and the smallest - a hummingbird - 0.5 g.
Vertebrates, Superclass Pisces.
Whale shark - the biggest fish found on our planet. The largest specimen caught was about 14 m long, although eyewitnesses testified to sharks as large as 18 or even 20 meters. 
The weight of such giants can reach 12 tons. These fish are found in the tropical zones of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, but sometimes swim to the north. 
Whale sharks have a huge mouth with up to 15 thousand teeth - not at all for active hunting. For humans, these fish are safe, as they feed on crustaceans, small fish, krill. 
These sharks are not viviparous. They lay a small number of eggs, from which the cubs are hatched, which have a characteristic color - white stripes and spots on a dark background. Thanks to this coloration, whale sharks are always easy to distinguish.
The smallest fish for a long time, the pandaka goby and the mistichthys goby were considered. 
The length of these fish is on average 7 mm, and they live in freshwater rivers and lakes in the Philippines. However, an even smaller fish, Paedocypris, has recently been discovered living in puddles and peat bogs in Sumatra. It feeds on benthic plankton and, unfortunately, is very rare.
Vertebrates, Class Reptiles.
The title of the largest snake is claimed anaconda and reticulated python.
The python, reaching a length of 10 m, was in the lead for a long time, but a specimen of an anaconda more than 11.5 meters long was recently discovered. 
Alas, it was not possible to save it, so the competition is not over yet, although anacondas in nature have more favorable conditions to grow into giants. They lead a semi-aquatic lifestyle and feed mainly on large animals, capybaras. 
Anaconda lives in South America, these are grayish-green snakes with dark brown spots on the back and light spots on the sides. 
This coloring helps the anaconda hide in the water of lakes, rivers and swampy lowlands, where it waits for prey - small animals and birds that come to drink. 
Contrary to cinematic horrors, anacondas rarely pose a danger to humans, and so far only one documented case of the killing of a child by this snake is known.
Pythons live in Asia - in Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, the Philippines, on the island of Java. They live in humid forests, climb trees, and are good swimmers. 
The reticulated python is a game animal in Asia, it is hunted for its meat and beautiful skin, painted with rhombic spots and with a strong iridescent tint.
Just like anacondas, pythons prey on small animals. They are more aggressive and can attack a person.
The heaviest reptiles are undoubtedly alligators. The weight of some giant individuals can exceed a ton, and the length can reach 6 meters. 
The smallest snake only 10 cm long. This is a brahmin moth, common in South Asia and Madagascar. The blind snake is also called the "pot snake" - they often climb into flower pots. 
As their name suggests, blind people are blind. Since the snake lives in the earth and does not need vision, the eyes have atrophied and are overgrown with skin. They are still sensitive to light, but of course they cannot see the image.
These snakes are popular as pets. Together with flower pots, they traveled from Asia around the world and won great sympathy for exotic lovers.
Invertebrates, Class Insects.
The largest insect in the world- a real weta, comparable in size to a rodent and reaching a weight of 80 g (for comparison, egg weighs 50-60 g). 
And the largest wingspan of the Peacock-eyed Atlas butterfly is 32 cm. These butterflies feed only in the state of caterpillars, and in adulthood they only breed. 
Their huge wings have an outgrowth on the front edge, depicting a snake's head - this device protects the butterfly from insectivorous animals. 
Caterpillars, as large as butterflies, feed on tree leaves. These amazing insects are found in the tropics and subtropics of Southeast Asia, in South China, Thailand and Indonesia.
It's not easy to single out a champion among small insects- after all, insects are mostly medium-sized animals, and there are many contenders for the title of the smallest. 
The North American featherwing is a beetle only 0.25 cm long, but it is also surpassed by the oviparous rider Alaptus - its length is 0.2-0.21 cm. 
It is still a mystery how insects with such tiny wings can fly.
And do you know WHO is the MOST EARED?
In the African elephant, burdock ears can reach 1.5 meters from the base to the top, in the Indian elephant they are smaller - about 0.5 meters. (The mammoth had even smaller ears, which is not surprising, because he lived in the ice age in the tundra, large ears could be frozen right away.) Elephants have large ears, but the elephants themselves are 5-6 meters long, and up to 4 meters tall. meters. It turns out that the length of their ears is less than a quarter of the length of the body. 
But in Mongolia and China, perhaps the most eared animal lives - the long-eared jerboa. He himself is only 9 centimeters long, and his ears are as much as 5 centimeters. That is, his ears are more than half the length of his body. 
Very large ears and a small African fox - Fenech. She herself is smaller than a cat, body length is 35-40 centimeters, and even a tail is 15-20 centimeters. But the ears - in the human palm, reach 15 centimeters in length. 
There is also a decorative breed of rabbits with very long ears, their name is strange - "Brussels Sheep". The ears of these rabbits are folded on both sides of the head and are somewhat reminiscent of twisted ram's horns. 
The length of the straightened ears of a rabbit-ram reaches 2-3 meters. This animal is artificially bred by man.
Among the incredible variety of fauna that lives on our planet, there are some species of animals of very small sizes. These defenseless creatures can only survive in the wild by taking advantage of their small size and hiding from natural enemies.
1. Dwarf marmosets
The first in the list of the smallest animals on the planet are pygmy marmosets, tiny monkeys, considered the smallest species of primates on Earth. An adult marmoset weighs a maximum of 150 grams and grows in length no more than 15 cm, not counting the tail.
This type of monkey is found in the rainforests of the Amazon, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, where they jump through the trees, biting their sharp teeth into their bark and drinking the juice. They also feed on insects and fruits. The adorable, little creatures are relatively docile and are a favorite with vendors in exotic bird markets.
2. American miniature horses
American miniature horses are distributed throughout the world, but most of them live in America and Europe. This breed of horses differs from its larger counterparts in its small weight and height.
One of the stallions of this breed, nicknamed "Little Pumpkin", was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest horse on the planet with a height of 35.5 cm and a weight of 9 kg.
These beautiful and cute creatures have a very friendly nature, which makes them great pets.
3. Hummingbird - bee
The hummingbird is the smallest bird species on the planet, the birds grow no more than 6 cm in length and weigh a maximum of 2 grams. These hummingbirds live only in some forest areas of Cuba and on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula.
They feed exclusively on nectar, which they can collect from flowers at any height. Only 15 certain types of plants are suitable for hummingbird food. Birds of this species are strong and fast flyers, they are able to make 90 strokes of their wings in 1 second.
4. Philippine tarsiers
Philippine tarsiers are considered the indigenous inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, and their striking feature is their disproportionately large eyes, giving their face a cute and "cute" look.
It is one of the smallest primate species, and tarsiers rarely grow large. more sizes palms of an adult male. They are nocturnal and feed mainly on insects. The length of an adult tarsier reaches 10 cm, the weight of males does not exceed 134 grams, females -117 grams.
5. Miniature Pigs or Mini Pigs
Miniature pigs were bred in Europe in the early 1950s for medical research, later they were increasingly used as pets.
They are considered very smart animals and are easy to train, there is practically no smell from them, which makes it possible to keep mini-pigs in apartments. Unfortunately, miniature pigs are prone to obesity and require a strict diet throughout their lives.
6. Fenech
One of the smallest animals in the world is a miniature fennec fox that lives in the hot deserts of North Africa. The body length of the animal rarely reaches more than 40 cm, and the weight does not exceed 1.5 kg.
A distinctive feature of fennec foxes is unusually large ears, reaching 15 cm in length. With the help of them, the fox perfectly hears the movement of insects and small vertebrates, which it hunts at night, and during a hot day, the ears help the animal to cool.
7. Cow - panda
The panda cow is a tiny bovine that has markings similar to the spots on the skins of giant pandas. At last count, there are only a couple of dozen of them in the world, and the cost of each of them reaches 30,000 US dollars.
This type of miniature cow was artificially bred by breeder John Balterd of Washington. According to his idea, each calf by the age of three should reach a height of no more than 106 cm and at the same time have a skin color that matches the patterns on the bodies of rare Chinese pandas.
8. Dwarf rabbit
The dwarf rabbit is the smallest species of rabbit on the planet and is most common in the United States. An adult rabbit weighs about 3 kg, the body length reaches 34 cm. In the wild, rabbits mainly live in thickets of high and dense sagebrush, which is used for protection and food.
They also make excellent pets, the animals have a playful and friendly character and love to communicate. They are unpretentious in care, the cost of their maintenance is small. These rabbits can be walked on a leash, or they can never be taken outside. They get used to it very quickly. cat tray and do not have an unpleasant odor.
9. Paedocypris fish
The smallest fish on the planet lives in Southeast Asia, in the peat swamps of Sumatra. An adult Paedocypris reaches a length of no more than 7.9 mm. This fish belongs to the carp family and is also considered the smallest vertebrate creature on the planet.
They feed mainly on plankton, which they collect from the bottom of the swamps. Unfortunately, the future prospects for this fish are unimportant: due to human activities, swamps in Sumatra are getting smaller, and the habitual habitat of Paedocypris will soon completely disappear.
10 Noble's Frog
And the last representative of the fauna in the ranking of the smallest animals in the world is Noblell's frog (Noblella pygmaea). This tiny creature was first discovered by scientists in the Andes, in southern Peru.
Possessing a brown camouflage coloration and miniature size (an adult frog does not grow more than 11 mm), the noblella has been quite successfully hiding from wildlife researchers for many years.
Frogs live at an altitude of 3000 meters above sea level in vegetated meadows and tropical forests. In their entire life, females lay only two eggs, which are cared for until the little frogs hatch.
