Mini stars of the animal world: ten of the tiniest animals on our planet. The smallest of all animals is less than a millimeter tall.

In terms of body size, the mouse lemur is not even a tiny thing: the body length is a maximum of 95 centimeters and the tail is up to 14 centimeters long. The tiny hummingbird, the so-called bee elf, is the smallest bird on earth and lives in Cuba. According to the WWF, the tiny flying artist weighs just two grams at a height of five centimeters.