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In contrast, the world's lightest mammal is the Etruscan shrew, which weighs less than half a shot of tequila. The shortest mammal is the bumblee bat of Southeast Asia, which is less than an inch and a half in length.
(tenrecs and golden moles), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), leaving just four families as shown here, leaving Insectivora empty and disbanded. The order ranges in size from the Etruscan Shrew, at about 3.
 See also: Shrew, Bat, Marsupial, Sloth, Rabbit
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