The lesser of two weasels
Only the smallest mammalian carnivore.
It is a carnivorous rodent, dining on insects (such as grasshoppers), worms, spiders, centipedes, mantis, scorpions, snakes, and even other mice.
The southern grasshopper mouse has around a 3.5 to 5.0 inches (8.9–12.7 cm) long body
[Least weasel] Average body length in males is 130 to 260 mm (5 to 10 in), while females average 114 to 204 mm (4.5 to 8.0 in)
It’s known for taking down prey larger than itself and I think holds the record for biggest disparity of weight predator to prey.
Well, if you want to head that way, there’s Etruscan shrew. Less than 2 grams of weight and 4 cm of length.
I assumed they meant carnivora
The problem is there isn’t a Most Weasel.
I think that would be the wolverine.
Best mustelid. It’s incredible that they are able to take rabbits as prey. And their strategy is absolutely amazing: confusion. They do their weasel war dance and the rabbit doesn’t know what the fuck is going on until its neck is in the tiny mouth of a creature 1/10th its size.
That’s definitely not the world’s smallest carnivore, but it is a small carnivore
Right? Shit, we got single-cell carnivores in this world.
They probably meant carnivore mammal.
Edit: it’s the smallest species of the carnivora order. So not the “smallest carnivore”, but “smallest carnivorian”.
