Smallest organisms 4.4 cm (1.7 in). The smallest member of the order Carnivora is the least weasel ("Mustela nivalis"), with an average body length of 114–260 mm (4.5-10.2 in). It weighs between 29.5 – 250 grams with females being lighter. The smallest marsupial is the Long-tailed planigale from Australia. It has a body length of (including tail) and weigh on average. The Pilbara ningaui is considered to be of similar size and weight. The smallest member of the primate order is Madame Berthe's mouse lemur ("Microcebus berthae"), found in Madagascar, with an average body length of 92 mm (3.6 in). The smallest
Smallest organisms chameleons ("B. minima"), 14–19 millimetres for male Mount d'Ambre leaf chameleons ("B. tuberculata") and 15–16 millimetres for male "B. micra", though females are larger. Of the aforementioned geckos, "S. ariasae" was first described in 2001 by the biologists Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas. This dwarf gecko is endangered and lives in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic and on Beata Island ("Isla Beata"), off the southern coast of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic. The world's smallest turtle is the speckled padloper tortoise ("Homopus signatus") from South Africa. The males measure , while females measure up to almost . The