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Queen Mab’s Stable: 7 of the Smallest Animals
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  • Introduction
  • Smallest frog
  • Smallest snake
  • Smallest bird
  • Smallest fish
  • Smallest shark
  • Smallest cetacean
  • Smallest mammal
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bee hummingbird Paedophryne amauensis Leptotyphlops carlae Mellisuga helenae Paedocypris progenetica Dwarf lantern shark (Etmopterus perryi). Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) Suncus etruscus

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bee hummingbird
Paedophryne amauensis
Leptotyphlops carlae
Mellisuga helenae
Paedocypris progenetica
Dwarf lantern shark (Etmopterus perryi).
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Suncus etruscus
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