Bumblebee Bat

The World’s smallest Mammal

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 Features
Order Chiroptera
Family Craseonycteridae
Conservation Status Endangered
Location Thailand & Myanmar
Color Reddish/Brown or Grey
Length 29 - 33 mm (1.1 - 1.3 inches)
Weight 2 g (0.07 oz)
Wingspan Approx. 170 mm (6.7 inches)
 Facts

Bumblebee Bats are also known as:

‘Kitti's Hog Nosed Bat’

These bats get their popular name

because they are a similar size to a large
bumblebee, but they were discovered by
the Thai biologist, Kitti Thonglongya, in
1973 and they were actually named after
him.
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 Ecology
• These bats roost at the back of small
caves or remote caverns.

• Group size varies from as few as 10

individuals to as many as 500 bats
and spread out across the ceiling of
the caves.

• At dawn and dusk they leave their

caves for around 20-30 minutes to
forage for food.
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 Diet
• Bumblebee bats feed on insects. They
either take them from foliage or
capture them in the air.

• They primarily use echolocation to

hunt their prey and is limited to an
area of around 1 km from the roost
site.

• They may also glean small spiders

and beetles from plant leaves.
 Breeding
Little is known of the reproductive system of these
bats.

Females are believed to give birth to a single young

late in the dry season (late April) each year.

There are no subspecies of

the Bumblebee Bat.
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Habitat & Distribution
Found in a small area along the Khwae Noi River
(‘River Kwai’), in Sai Yok National Park and adjacent
areas, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.

The species has also been

reported from
South-East Myanmar.
 Population Estimate
There are thought to be around 2,000
Bumblebee bats remaining in Thailand.
The species is protected under the Wild
Animals Reservation and Protection Act
(WARPA) in Thailand.
The 500 km² Sai Yok National Park was
created in 1980 specifically to help
conserve the species.
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