• Source: List of mammals of the Comoros

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Comoros. Of the mammal species in the Comoros, one is critically endangered, two are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.
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, Dugong 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
Mongoose lemur, E. mongoz CR introduced




Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons)


The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers.

Family: Soricidae (shrews)
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Suncus
Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis LR/lc




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
Livingstone's fruit bat, Pteropus livingstonii CR
Seychelles fruit bat, Pteropus seychellensis LC
Genus: Rousettus
Comoro rousette, Rousettus obliviosus NT
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Anjouan myotis, Myotis anjouanensis DD
Subfamily: Miniopterinae
Genus: Miniopterus
Manavi long-fingered bat, Miniopterus manavi DD




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: Balaenidae (right whales)
Genus: Eubalaena
Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
Family: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydei
Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
Genus: Orcinus
Killer whale, Orcinus orca DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra DD
Genus: Sousa
Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea DD
Genus: Stenella
Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba DD
Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD
Genus: Tursiops
Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Genus: Physeter
Sperm whale, Physeter catodon DD
Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
Genus: Kogia
Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
Genus: Indopacetus
Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
Genus: Mesoplodon
Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
Pygmy beaked whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus DD
Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD




Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)


There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
Genus: Arctophoca
Subantarctic fur seal, Arctophoca tropicalis LR/lc




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 Comoros". 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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• Sifaka bermahkota emas
• List of mammals of the Comoros
• Lists of mammals by region
• Geography of the Comoros
• List of mammals of Madagascar
• Outline of the Comoros
• List of mammals of Réunion
• List of mammals of the Gambia
• List of mammals of Egypt
• List of mammals of Seychelles
• List of mammals of Ethiopia