From the world’s smallest tortoise to an animal that can only be seen through a microscope, we take a look at the 10 smallest animals of all time.
1. Sphaerodactylus Ariasae
Sphaerodactylus Ariasae share the title of the smallest lizard species and just 16 mm long.
2. Leptotyphlops Carlae
Leptotyphlops is the smallest species of snake and are just under 4-inches in length.
3. Etruscan Shrew
Etruscan Shrew are the world’s lightest mammal weighing only an average of 1.8 gram.
4. Paedophryne Amauensis
This is the world’s smallest known frog.
5. Paedocypris progenetica
Paedocypris progenetica is known as the smallest fish in the world and they are found in Indonesia.
6. Pygmy marmoset
The pygmy marmoset is a small New World monkey native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America.
7. Octopus Wolfi
This is the world’s smallest Octopus and is just 1.5 cm big and weigh less than a gram.
8. Tardigrade
The Tardigrade is one of the smallest animal of all time, the unique animal which can viewed under a low power microscope is about 0.5 mm long when fully grown.
9. Royal Antelope
Royal antelope is the smallest of all antelopes growing only to 9-10 inch.
10. Patu Digua Spider
Patu Digua Spider is the smallest known species of spiders.
