• Source: List of mammals of Mayotte

    • This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Mayotte, of which one species is considered to be vulnerable.
    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: Dugongidae
    Genus: Dugong
    Dugong, D. dugon VU


    Order: Primates


    The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.

    Suborder: Strepsirrhini
    Infraorder: Lemuriformes
    Superfamily: Lemuroidea
    Family: Lemuridae
    Genus: Eulemur
    Common brown lemur, E. fulvus VU introduced


    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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
    Subfamily: Pteropodinae
    Genus: Pteropus
    Seychelles fruit bat, Pteropus seychellensis 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
    Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
    Genus: Balaenoptera
    Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
    Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
    Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
    Southern sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis schlegelii EN
    Southern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi EN
    Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda DD
    Southern blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermedia EN
    Family: Megapterinae
    Genus: Megaptera
    Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
    Family: Balaenidae
    Genus: Eubalaena
    Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC (still very rare in Mayotte)
    Suborder: Odontoceti
    Family: Physeteridae
    Genus: Physeter
    Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
    Family: Kogiidae
    Genus: Kogia
    Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
    Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
    Family: Ziphidae
    Genus: Indopacetus
    Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
    Genus: Ziphius
    Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
    Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
    Genus: Mesoplodon
    Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
    Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
    Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
    Layard's beaked whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
    True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
    Superfamily: Delphinoidea
    Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
    Genus: Steno
    Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
    Genus: Grampus
    Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
    Genus: Globicephala
    Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
    Genus: Sousa
    Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea NT
    Genus: Tursiops
    Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
    Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
    Genus: Stenella
    Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
    Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
    Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
    Genus: Delphinus
    Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD
    Genus: Lagenodelphis
    Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
    Genus: Peponocephala
    Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra DD
    Genus: Pseudorca
    False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
    Genus: Feresa
    Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
    Genus: Orcinus
    Orca, Orcinus orca DD


    See also


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


    Notes




    References


    "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Mayotte". 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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