• Source: List of mammals of Cuba

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cuba. Of the mammal species in Cuba, five of the species listed are considered to be extinct.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:




Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)



Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.

Family: Trichechidae
Genus: Trichechus
West Indian manatee, T. manatus VU




Order: Rodentia (rodents)



Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).

Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Heteropsomyinae
Genus: Boromys
Oriente cave rat, B. offella EX
Torre's cave rat, B. torrei EX
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
Mexican agouti, D. mexicana CR introduced
Central American agouti, D. punctata LC introduced
Family: Cuniculidae
Genus: Cuniculus
Lowland paca, C. paca LC introduced
Family: Capromyidae
Subfamily: Capromyinae
Genus: Capromys
Desmarest's hutia, C. pilorides LC
Genus: Geocapromys
Cuban coney, G. columbianus EX
Genus: Mesocapromys
Cabrera's hutia, M. angelcabrerai EN
Eared hutia, M. auritus EN
Dwarf hutia, M. nanus CR, possibly EX
San Felipe hutia, M. sanfelipensis CR, possibly EX
Genus: Mysateles
Garrido's hutia, M. garridoi CR, possibly EX
Gundlach's hutia, M. gundlachi VU
Black-tailed hutia, M. melanurus VU
Southern hutia, M. meridionalis CR
Prehensile-tailed hutia, M. prehensilis NT
Suborder: Muridae
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
House mouse, M. musculus LC introduced
Genus: Rattus
Brown rat, R. norvegicus LC introduced
Black rat, R. rattus LC introduced




Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)



Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.

Family: Nesophontidae
Genus: Nesophontes
Western Cuban nesophontes, N. micrus EX
Family: Solenodontidae
Genus: Atopogale
Cuban solenodon, A. cubana EN




Order: Chiroptera (bats)



The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.

Family: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Greater bulldog bat, N. leporinus LC
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Antrozous
Pallid bat, A. pallidus LC
Genus: Eptesicus
Big brown bat, E. fuscus LC
Genus: Lasiurus
Eastern red bat, L. borealis LC
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Wagner's bonneted bat, E. glaucinus LC
Genus: Mormopterus
Little goblin bat, M. minutus VU
Genus: Nyctinomops
Broad-eared bat, N. laticaudatus LC
Big free-tailed bat, N. macrotis LC
Genus: Tadarida
Mexican free-tailed bat, T. brasiliensis LC
Family: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
Antillean ghost-faced bat, M. blainvillii LC
Genus: Pteronotus
Macleay's mustached bat, P. macleayii LC
Parnell's mustached bat, P. parnellii LC
Sooty mustached bat, P. quadridens LC
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Phyllostominae
Genus: Macrotus
Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, M. waterhousii LC
Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
Genus: Brachyphylla
Cuban fruit-eating bat, B. nana LC
Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
Genus: Erophylla
Buffy flower bat, E. sezekorni LC
Genus: Phyllonycteris
Cuban flower bat, P. poeyi LC
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Monophyllus
Leach's single leaf bat, M. redmani LC
Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
Genus: Artibeus
Jamaican fruit bat, A. jamaicensis LC
Genus: Phyllops
Cuban fig-eating bat, P. falcatus LC
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Chilonatalus
Cuban funnel-eared bat, C. micropus NT
Genus: Nyctiellus
Gervais's funnel-eared bat, N. lepidus LC




Order: Cetacea (whales)



The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Eubalaena
North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis EN
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale, B. acutorostrata LC
Sei whale, B. borealis EN
Bryde's whale, B. brydei DD
Blue whale, B. musculus EN
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale, M. novaeangliae LC
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Delphinus
Short-beaked common dolphin, D. delphis LC
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale, F. attenuata DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhyncus DD
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's dolphin, L. hosei LC
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin, G. griseus LC
Genus: Orcinus
Killer whale, O. orca DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed whale, P. electra DD
Genus: Pseudorca
False killer whale, P. crassidens DD
Genus: Stenella
Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
Clymene dolphin, S. clymene DD
Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba LC
Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis DD
Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris DD
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin, S. bredanensis LC
Genus: Tursiops
Common bottlenose dolphin, T. truncatus LC
Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Genus: Physeter
Sperm whale, P. macrocephalus VU
Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
Genus: Kogia
Pygmy sperm whale, K. breviceps DD
Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima DD
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
Genus: Mesoplodon
Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus DD
Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris DD
True's beaked whale, M. mirus DD
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale, Z. cavirostris LC




Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)



There are over 260 species of carnivores, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

Suborder: Procyonidae
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Procyon
Raccoon, P. lotor LC introduced, extirpated
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Urva
Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata LC introduced
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Neomonachus
Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis EX




Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)



The even-toed ungulates are ungulates – hoofed animals – which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly.

Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Odocoileus
White-tailed deer, O. virginianus LC introduced
Family Suidae (pigs)
Genus: Sus
Wild boar, S. scrofa LC introduced
Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
Genus: Tayassu
White-lipped peccary, T. pecari VU introduced, extirpated




See also


List of chordate orders
List of prehistoric mammals
Lists of mammals by region
Mammal classification
List of mammals described in the 2000s




Notes






References


"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Cuba". IUCN. 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.

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• Pertanian organik
• List of mammals of Cuba
• Lists of mammals by region
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of largest mammals
• Cuban solenodon
• List of mammals of Haiti
• List of mammals of North America
• List of mammals of the Dominican Republic
• List of mammals of Canada
• List of mammals of Mexico