• Source: List of mammals of Seychelles

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Seychelles. Of the mammal species in the Seychelles, two are critically endangered and two are vulnerable.
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:




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: 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
Aldabra flying fox, Pteropus aldabrensis CR
Seychelles fruit bat, Pteropus seychellensis LC
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Chaerephon
Little free-tailed bat, Chaerephon pumila LC
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Coleura
Seychelles sheath-tailed bat, Coleura seychellensis CR
Genus: Taphozous
Mauritian tomb bat, Taphozous mauritianus LC
Family: Rhinolophidae
Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
Genus: Triaenops
Trouessart's trident bat, Triaenops furculus 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.

Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Rattus
Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
Black rat, Rattus rattus




Order: Afrosoricida


Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Subfamily: Tenrecinae
Genus: Tenrec
Tailless tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus




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
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
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
Deraniyagala's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hotaula 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 the Seychelles". 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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• Wildlife of Seychelles
• Outline of Seychelles
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