''Batodonoides'' (often misspelled as ''Batonoides'') is a genus of extinct shrew-like mammals, which includes a species that is possibly the smallest mammal to have ever lived. Species of ''Batodonoides'' lived about during the early to middle Eocene Epoch in North America. The genus contains four species: the type species ''B. powayensis'', the older ''B. vanhouteni'', ''B. walshi'' and ''B. rileyi''.

Species

''B. powayensis''

''B. powayensis'' is based on the type specimen UCMP V-96459, and was a ground dwelling insectivore. This species is younger than its counterpart, ''B. vanhouteni'', existing between approximately . It is based on fossilised remains recovered from California, USA.''Batodonoides''
at the Paleobiology Database

''B. vanhouteni''

Based on the size of its molar teeth, it is estimated that ''

Batodonoides vanhouteni ''Batodonoides vanhouteni'' is an extinct shrew-like mammal, thought to be the smallest mammal that ever lived, as well as the smallest synapsid that ever lived. Based on the size of its molar teeth, it is estimated that ''Batodonoides vanhoute ...

'' may have weighed only 0.93-1.82 grams (with 1.3 g most likely). The species lived about 53 million years ago during the early Eocene Epoch in North America. ''B. vanhouteni'', described in 1998 by Bloch and colleagues, is the oldest species, and was discovered in Wasatchian deposits in Wyoming, USA. It is based on a juvenile specimen, consisting of a mandible and some teeth.

References

Prehistoric Eulipotyphla Fossil taxa described in 1976 Fossil taxa described in 1998 Extinct mammals of North America Eocene life Prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-eulipotyphla-stub