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Choose a Page:How do bats locate their food?Which is the fastest mammal?*What is the smallest land mammal?*How does a camel survive in the de...Why does a zebra have stripes?How can you tell a monkey from an ape?Which animal is called the 'walkin...What is a rhino's horn made of?Which animal is called the river h...How does a mongoose defeat a cobra?How does a lion catch its prey?How do kangaroos and wallabies run?How does the porcupine protect itself?What is the difference between the... What is the smallest land mammal? The pygmy white-toothed shrew is the smallest mammal that lives on land. It measures only 3.5 centimetres and weighs about 2 grams. Pygmy shrews live in Africa, and eat spiders, grasshoppers, and cockroaches - which may be almost as big as they are.   Previous: Back Book: Best Ever Q&A Section: Nature Chapter: Land Mammals