• Source: List of mammals of Palau

      • This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Palau. There are fifteen mammal species in Palau, of which two are endangered, one is vulnerable, and one is 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:

      Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:


      Subclass: Theria




      = Infraclass: Eutheria

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      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, Dugong dugon VU


      Order: Primates



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

      Suborder: Haplorhini
      Infraorder: Simiiformes
      Parvorder: Catarrhini
      Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
      Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
      Genus: Macaca
      Crab-eating macaque, M. fascicularis 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
      Pelew flying fox, Pteropus pelewensis NT
      Large Palau flying fox, Pteropus pilosus EX
      Family: Emballonuridae
      Genus: Emballonura
      Polynesian sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura semicaudata EN


      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
      Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
      Suborder: Odontoceti
      Superfamily: Platanistoidea
      Family: Physeteridae
      Genus: Physeter
      Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
      Family: Kogiidae
      Genus: Kogia
      Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima LR/lc
      Family: Ziphidae
      Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
      Genus: Mesoplodon
      Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
      Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
      Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
      Genus: Stenella
      Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LR/cd
      Genus: Lagenodelphis
      Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
      Genus: Grampus
      Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
      Genus: Feresa
      Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
      Genus: Globicephala
      Pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus LR/cd


      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 Palau". 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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