5 Of The Smallest Mammals On Earth

By Savannah Cox | Edited By John Kuroski

Published November 7, 2012

Updated November 7, 2023

The World’s Smallest Mammals: Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa

Tied in first place with the African Pygmy Mouse for smallest rodent in the world, the Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa looks like a furry face with a tail and legs.

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Only living in the shifting sand dune desert of Pakistan, the Pigmy Jerboa can also alter its metabolism, which it does on a daily basis, slowing down its breathing and circulation to make up for a barely nutritious diet of succulents, windblown seeds and any other digestible vegetation.

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Cox, Savannah. "The World’s Smallest Mammals." AllThatsInteresting.com, November 7, 2012, https://allthatsinteresting.com/worlds-smallest-mammals. Accessed April 25, 2024.