Kitti's hog-nosed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Kitti's hog-nosed bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Craseonycteris thonglongyai
Group	Bats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Craseonycteridae

Where does the Kitti's hog-nosed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Kitti's hog-nosed bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Thailand

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat endangered?

The Kitti's hog-nosed bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Kitti's hog-nosed bat?

The Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Craseonycteridae, genus Craseonycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Kitti's hog-nosed bat

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 bat feeds during short activity periods in the evening and dawn, foraging around nearby forest areas for insects. Females give birth annually to a single offspring.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Kitti's hog-nosed bat (revision 1354616550), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q370965 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).