World's Smallest Animals by Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:28
SMALLEST DOG
At 1.4 pounds and 4.9 inches tall, Ducky, a yappy short-coat Chihuahua from Charlton (Massachusetts, USA), holds the Guinness World Record for the world's smallest living dog (by height). Ducky succeeds Danka Kordak of Slovakia, a Chihuahua who measured 5.4 inches tall. The smallest dog ever, according to Guinness, was a dwarf Yorkshire terrier who stood 2.8 inches tall.
SMALLEST CAT
Meet Mr. Peebles. He lives in central Illinois, is two years old, weighs about three pounds and is the world's smallest cat! The cat's small stature was verified by the Guinness Book of World Records on 2004.
SMALLEST DOG
At 1.4 pounds and 4.9 inches tall, Ducky, a yappy short-coat Chihuahua from Charlton (Massachusetts, USA), holds the Guinness World Record for the world's smallest living dog (by height). Ducky succeeds Danka Kordak of Slovakia, a Chihuahua who measured 5.4 inches tall. The smallest dog ever, according to Guinness, was a dwarf Yorkshire terrier who stood 2.8 inches tall.
SMALLEST CAT
Meet Mr. Peebles. He lives in central Illinois, is two years old, weighs about three pounds and is the world's smallest cat! The cat's small stature was verified by the Guinness Book of World Records on 2004.
Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:29
SMALLEST HAMSTER
Only slightly bigger than a 50p piece, PeeWee is the smallest hamster in the world. Weighing less than an ounce, the golden hamster stopped growing when he was three week sold his five brothers and sisters went on to measure between 4in and 5in.
SMALLEST HORSE
The little horse was born to Paul and Kay Goessling, who specialize in breeding miniature horses, but even for the breed Thumbelina is particularly small: she is thought to bea dwarf-version of the breed. At just 60 lb and 17-inch tall, the five-year-old Thumbelina is the world's smallest horse.
SMALLEST HAMSTER
Only slightly bigger than a 50p piece, PeeWee is the smallest hamster in the world. Weighing less than an ounce, the golden hamster stopped growing when he was three week sold his five brothers and sisters went on to measure between 4in and 5in.
SMALLEST HORSE
The little horse was born to Paul and Kay Goessling, who specialize in breeding miniature horses, but even for the breed Thumbelina is particularly small: she is thought to bea dwarf-version of the breed. At just 60 lb and 17-inch tall, the five-year-old Thumbelina is the world's smallest horse.
Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:32
SMALLEST CATTLE
The world's smallest cattle is a rare breed of an Indian zebu called the Vechur cow. The average height of this breed of cattle is 31 to 35 inches (81 to 91 cm). The photo above shows a 16 yearold Vechur cattle as compared to a 6 year old HF cross-breed cow.
SMALLEST BIRD
The bee hummingbird measures 2 inches from the tip of its beakto the end of its tail. Weighing only 0.063 ounces as much as half a teaspoon of water it is found in Cuba's dense forest.
As the smallest bird in the world, it is about the size of a large bee. Like all humming birds, it is a swift, strong flier. It also can hover over one spot like a helicopter.
The bee humming bird beats its wings an estimated 80 times persecond so fast that the wings look like a blur to human eyes.
The brilliant, iridescent colors of the bee hummingbird's feathers make the bird seem like a tiny jewel.
SMALLEST CATTLE
The world's smallest cattle is a rare breed of an Indian zebu called the Vechur cow. The average height of this breed of cattle is 31 to 35 inches (81 to 91 cm). The photo above shows a 16 yearold Vechur cattle as compared to a 6 year old HF cross-breed cow.
SMALLEST BIRD
The bee hummingbird measures 2 inches from the tip of its beakto the end of its tail. Weighing only 0.063 ounces as much as half a teaspoon of water it is found in Cuba's dense forest.
As the smallest bird in the world, it is about the size of a large bee. Like all humming birds, it is a swift, strong flier. It also can hover over one spot like a helicopter.
The bee humming bird beats its wings an estimated 80 times persecond so fast that the wings look like a blur to human eyes.
The brilliant, iridescent colors of the bee hummingbird's feathers make the bird seem like a tiny jewel.
Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:32
SMALLEST MONKEY
Weighing just 4.2 ounces and only 5.5 to 6.3 inches in length, the pygmy marmoset isthe smallest monkey inthe world.
Native to the rainforests of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru, nicknames for this monkey often refer to its diminutiveness: mono de bolsillo (pocket monkey) and leoncito (little lion)
SMALLEST LIZARD
So small it can curl up on a dime or stretch out on a quarter, a typical adult of the species, whose scientific name is Sphaerodactylus ariasae is only about 16 millimeters long, orabout three quarters of an inch, from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail. It shares the title of"smallest" with anotherlizard species named Sphaerodactylus parthenopion, discovered in 1965 in the British Virgin Islands.
SMALLEST MONKEY
Weighing just 4.2 ounces and only 5.5 to 6.3 inches in length, the pygmy marmoset isthe smallest monkey inthe world.
Native to the rainforests of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru, nicknames for this monkey often refer to its diminutiveness: mono de bolsillo (pocket monkey) and leoncito (little lion)
SMALLEST LIZARD
So small it can curl up on a dime or stretch out on a quarter, a typical adult of the species, whose scientific name is Sphaerodactylus ariasae is only about 16 millimeters long, orabout three quarters of an inch, from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail. It shares the title of"smallest" with anotherlizard species named Sphaerodactylus parthenopion, discovered in 1965 in the British Virgin Islands.
Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:34
SMALLEST SNAKE
Leptotyphlops carlae is the world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length. Found on the Caribbean island of Barbados, the species which is as thin as a spaghetti noodle and small enough to rest comfortably on a U.S. quarter was discovered by Blair Hedges.
SMALLEST SEAHORSE
The creature, known as Hippocampus denise, is typically just 16 millimetres long - smaller than most fingernails. Some werefound to be just 13 mmlong. H. denise lives in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean, between 13 and 90 metres beneath the surface.
SMALLEST SNAKE
Leptotyphlops carlae is the world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length. Found on the Caribbean island of Barbados, the species which is as thin as a spaghetti noodle and small enough to rest comfortably on a U.S. quarter was discovered by Blair Hedges.
SMALLEST SEAHORSE
The creature, known as Hippocampus denise, is typically just 16 millimetres long - smaller than most fingernails. Some werefound to be just 13 mmlong. H. denise lives in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean, between 13 and 90 metres beneath the surface.
Mahesh 2011/05/21 06:35
SMALLEST CHAMELEON
The Brookesia Minima is the world's smallest species of chameleon. This one is just half an inch. Found on the rainforest floor of Nosy Be Island off the north-west coastof Madagascar, females tend to be larger than males.
SMALLEST FISH
On January 2006, the world's smallest fish was discovered on the Indonesian island of Sumatra: a member of the carp family of fish, the Paedocypris progenetica. It is the world's smallest vertebrate or backboned animal; only7.9 mm (0.3 inches) long.
The title, however, is contested by 6.2 mm (0.2 in) long male angler fish Photocorynus spiniceps(not technically a fish but a sexual parasite) and the 7 mm (0.27 in)long male stout infant fish Schindleria brevipinguis.
SMALLEST CHAMELEON
The Brookesia Minima is the world's smallest species of chameleon. This one is just half an inch. Found on the rainforest floor of Nosy Be Island off the north-west coastof Madagascar, females tend to be larger than males.
SMALLEST FISH
On January 2006, the world's smallest fish was discovered on the Indonesian island of Sumatra: a member of the carp family of fish, the Paedocypris progenetica. It is the world's smallest vertebrate or backboned animal; only7.9 mm (0.3 inches) long.
The title, however, is contested by 6.2 mm (0.2 in) long male angler fish Photocorynus spiniceps(not technically a fish but a sexual parasite) and the 7 mm (0.27 in)long male stout infant fish Schindleria brevipinguis.
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