You are not likely to catch sight of these mini monkeys too much. They come from high in the rainforests of South America. They will leap and duck and dive in between the branches of the trees and creepers.
The pygmy rabbit is the smallest in the world and got grey fur and little white spots on its nose. It won’t grow much bigger than a person’s foot and weighs only about one pound. It lives in burrows or near tall grasses and brush.
The cute Madame Berthe Mouse Lemur does look a bit like a mouse. These lemurs have a greyish-brown body with brown heads and two big ears. These lemurs are the smallest primates in the world and are only found in Western Madagascar.
The little Speckled Padloper Tortoise is the smallest in the world and it won’t survive being kept as a pet. Their coloring is goldish-beige and their shell has black spots. The tortoise is native to South Africa.
The Etruscan Shrew is the smallest mammal known for its mass. Their main characteristics are their very rapid movements and the way they eat so fast as well. You will find these little animals in Europe and North Africa right up to Malaysia, as well as the Maltese islands.
Slender blind snakes are also the only snakes that have teeth on their lower jaw. Usually, they are just one color, like light to dark brown, grey, or black. These tiny snakes live in Central, South, and North America, but they can appear in Africa and SW Asia also.
They are to be found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some can be found in Northern Africa. They like to live in sand dunes and gravel. They might resemble kangaroo rats, but they don’t belong to the same rodent family.