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Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

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10 Domestic Rabbits, 8-12 Years

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

The domestic rabbits only have an average lifespan of 8-12 years.They found in various size and colors.

9 Guinea Pigs, 4 Years

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

Guinea pigs are cute, lovable, social animals native to South Africa. Sadly, their lifespan is limited to a short period of 4 years.8 Mosquitofish, 2 years

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

Mosquitofish is one of the freshwater fishes native to the United States. They only live up to two years.

7 Chameleon, 1 Year

Top 10 shortest living animals in the world

Panther chameleons only have a lifespan of 1 year. In fact, Pather chameleon has the shortest lifespan among reptiles and chameleon family.

6 House Mouse, 1 years

mouse

The average lifespan of house mouse is one year. But predators like cats and poisoning also could end their life at any time.

5 Dragon Fly, 4 months

dragonfly

There are 5000 different species of dragonflies in the world. The maximum lifespan of dragonflies is about four months.

4 Houseflies, 4 Weeks

housefly

Houseflies are the most common and one of the irritating insects that found across your house. The lifetime of houseflies is limited to the only a short period of 4 weeks.

3 Drone Ants, 3 Weeks

drone ant

Drone ants are the male members of an ant colony. They have the only life cycle of 3 weeks.

2 Gastrotrichs, 3 Days

gastrotrichs

Gastrotrichs are one of the marine microorganisms that live in the marine environments. They grow up to a maximum size of 3 millimeters. The life circle of Gastrotrich is limited to just three days.

1 Mayflies, 24 hours

shortest living animals in the world

Mayflies have the shortest lifespan on Earth. Their life lasts only for 24 hours. Mayflies also called as ‘one-day insects’ because of their shortest life span. There are 2500 different species of mayflies in the world.

 

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