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title: "Bumblebee Bat"
description: "Craseonycteris thonglongyai — Mammiferi. Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat or hog-nosed bat, is a near-threatened species of bat and the only extant member of the family Craseonycteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bumblebee-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bumblebee Bat

> Craseonycteris thonglongyai — Mammiferi. Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat or hog-nosed bat, is a near-threatened species of bat and the only extant member of the family Craseonycteridae.

- Scientific name: *Craseonycteris thonglongyai*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 52
- Wikidata: [Q370965](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370965)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41399)

## Names

- en: Bumblebee Bat
- de: Schweinsnasenfledermaus
- es: Murciélago de nariz de cerdo
- fr: Kitti à nez de porc
- nl: Kitti's varkensneusvleermuis
- pt: Morcego-nariz-de-porco-de-kitti
- pl: Świnionos malutki

## Countries with the most observations

TH (46), MM (3)

## Summary

Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat or hog-nosed bat, is a near-threatened species of bat and the only extant member of the family Craseonycteridae. It occurs in western Thailand and southeast Myanmar, where it occupies limestone caves along rivers.
Kitti's hog-nosed bat is the smallest species of bat and arguably the world's smallest mammal by body length (the Etruscan shrew is regarded as the smallest by body mass). It has a reddish-brown or grey coat, with a distinctive pig-like snout. Colonies range greatly in size, with an average of 100 individuals per cave. The…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitti%27s_hog-nosed_bat

## Photo

![Bumblebee Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bumblebee-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223301848

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bumblebee-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).