The Costa’s hummingbird hails from southwestern United States and migrates to western Mexico during the winter months. They prefer arid, brush-filled deserts and gardens. These are among the smaller of the
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The honey possum, aka noolbenger or tait, hails from western Australia. They prefer coastal, sand plain heathlands and banksia woodlands with a large variety of flowering plants. The honey possum is among the
The ruby-throated hummingbird is a common sight in southern Canada and the eastern half of the United States, during the summer months. During the winter, these little birds migrate as far south as
The title for the rarest and also the smallest hog in the world goes to the pygmy hog. These diminutive critters can be found in Assam and in southern Bhutan, India. They prefer the tall
The pygmy 3-toed sloth, aka monk sloth or dwarf sloth, can only be found on Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Since being separated from the
The monito del monte, aka colocolo opossum, is considered a living fossil, as it’s the only living member of Microbiotheria. Which is an otherwise extinct order. They can be found in
The whitehead’s pygmy squirrel, aka the tufted pygmy squirrel, can be found on the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. They prefer highland montane forests with plenty of trees
The African dwarf crocodile, aka African broad-nosed crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile, bony crocodile, or black crocodile, hails from sub-Saharan regions to west-central Africa. They can also
As 1 of the smallest known cats in the western hemisphere, the kodkod (aka guigna) can be found in Chile and Argentina. They prefer deciduous, temperate, moist forests, coniferous
Found in oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams the world over, zooplankton are tiny, living creatures that are a type of plankton. There are literally hundreds of thousands of