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Head-body 2.9-3.3 cm; tail none; weight 1.5-3.0 g.
The world smallest flying mammal, sometimes called “Bumblebee bat” has a pig-like snout. Upperpart brownish red or grey; underpart paler and wings darker. Ears relatively large with a prominence (tragus) at the base of outer ear. Tailless, but interfemoral membrane stretched between its thin hind legs.