Kitti's hog-nosed bat

Kitti's hog-nosed bat is a tiny insect-eating bat native to parts of Thailand and Myanmar. It is commonly called the bumblebee bat and is among the world's smallest mammals.

Microbat: A traditionally defined group of bats that generally use echolocation and hunt insects or other small prey. Kitti's hog-nosed bat belongs to the small, echolocating bats historically called microbats.
Bat echolocation: A bat's use of emitted calls and returning echoes to navigate and detect prey. This is the sensory system behind the species' nighttime hunting.
Bat detector: An instrument that makes or records ultrasonic bat calls for identification and study. Detectors can document bat activity without capturing the species.
Kitti Thonglongya: A Thai zoologist who described Kitti's hog-nosed bat in 1974. The bat was named in his honor after its discovery in Thailand.
Bumblebee: A robust, hairy bee in the genus Bombus, known for buzzing flight and pollination. Its common name compares the bat's tiny size to a bumblebee, not its biology.
Insectivory: A feeding strategy based mainly on eating insects. Small insects form the bat's prey, linking its size to a specialized diet.
Acoustic monitoring: The collection and analysis of sound recordings to track organisms or environmental conditions. Ultrasonic recordings help survey activity around roosts and feeding areas.
Sai Yok National Park: A protected area in Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province, known for limestone caves and forests. The species was first collected near this region, where important roosts occur.
Mammal: A vertebrate animal whose defining traits include hair and milk-producing mammary glands. The bat's status among the smallest mammals depends on mammalian body-size comparisons.
Bat wing: A wing formed by a membrane stretched across elongated fingers and connected to the body and legs. Its wing structure enables flight despite a body weighing only a few grams.

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BatBroader topic: Its small size contrasts with the broad range of bat body sizes.