All animals are cool and cute, but there are some that surprise with their size. They may not be tiny, but they are smaller than we are used to seeing. These are the small versions of animals that will captivate you!
If goats aren’t small enough for you, this pygmy goat is 58 centimeters (23 inches) tall and can jump incredibly high
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The pygmy marmoset is so small that it fits perfectly in your hand
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The Borneo pygmy elephant is a subspecies of Asian elephant and is a little out of proportion, that’s why it drags its tail
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The dwarf shrew is the smallest mammal known and is also the fastest hunter 😉
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Look at this pygmy seahorse. Not only is he adorable, he’s also very very small 🙂
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The American shrew mole is about 2 inches (5 centimeters) tall
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This one may look like a baby hippo, but it’s actually a pygmy and only grows a tenth of what an ordinary hippo grows
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The pygmy gerbil is the smallest rodent in the world. He is only 5 centimeters (2 inches) tall but can jump 2.7 meters (9 feet tall)
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The bumblebee bat is a micro-bat and weighs only 2 grams
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The mouse lemur lives in Madagascar and measures 6.4 centimeters (2.5 inches)
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The pygmy owl is so small it can hold on to one of your fingers 😀
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Dwarf mongooses keep the rat population on the sidelines and weigh only 450 grams (1 pound) each
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The African pygmy mouse only comes out at night and its size is from 3 to 8 centimeters…including the tail :0
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This pygmy butterfly is only 2 centimeters tall! They are so small that their wings only allow them to fly close to the ground, that’s why you will never see them in the sky
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The pygmy horse comes to measure around 96 centimeters (38 inches) but they are excellent jumping 🙂small animals 15
As you can see all these animals are “pygmies” for being short, but that doesn’t stop them from still being cool 😉
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