Here are eight tiny tyne creatures known as the smallest mammals of the earth. At only 1.3g, the extinct B. vanhouteni is believed to be the smallest mammal that ever lived. This tiny, shrew-like ...

The long-tailed planigale (Planigale ingrami) looks a bit like a mouse with an unusually flattened head, but it’s actually a marsupial — the smallest marsupial in the world! These tiny animals grow ...

The kangaroo is the largest marsupial on Earth today. ©Dennis Jacobsen/Shutterstock.com Kangaroos (Macropodidae) are unique marsupials due to their gigantic feet and long, powerful tails. These ...

The orange-headed Pilbara planigale (Planigale kendricki) and the cracking-clay Pilbara planigale (P. tealei) inhabit, as is alluded to in their name, WA’s rugged Pilbara region. Despite being smaller ...