List Of Mammals Of Grenada - Grenada Animals

Jumat, 24 Februari 2017

List Of Mammals Of Grenada - Grenada Animals

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Grenada. These are the mammal species in Grenada, of which 0 are critically endangered, 0 are endangered, 1 is vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. 1 species is considered extinct.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

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

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 Trichechus manatus VU

Order: Cingulata (armadillos)

The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. There are around 20 extant species.They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.

Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
  - Genus: Dasypus
    - Nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus LC

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

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

Family: Noctilionidae
- Genus: Noctilio
  - Greater bulldog bat Noctilio leporinus LR/lc
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Myotinae
  - Genus: Myotis
    - Black myotis Myotis nigricans LR/lc
Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: Peropteryx
  - Lesser doglike bat Peropteryx macrotis LR/lc
Family: Mormoopidae
- Genus: Pteronotus
  - Naked-backed bat Pteronotus davyi LR/lc
Family: Phyllostomidae
- Subfamily: Phyllostominae
  - Genus: Micronycteris
    - Little big-eared bat Micronycteris megalotis LR/lc
- Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
  - Genus: Brachyphylla
    - Antillean fruit-eating bat Brachyphylla cavernarum LR/lc
- Subfamily: Glossophaginae
  - Genus: Anoura
    - Geoffroy's tailless bat Anoura geoffroyi LR/lc
  - Genus: Glossophaga
    - Miller's long-tongued bat Glossophaga longirostris LR/lc
- Subfamily: Carolliinae
  - Genus: Carollia
    - Seba's short-tailed bat Carollia perspicillata LR/lc
- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
  - Genus: Artibeus
    - Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis LR/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)
  - Genus: Balaenoptera
    - Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    - 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: Delphinus
      - Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis DD
    - 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: Pseudorca
      - False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens DD
    - Genus: Sotalia
      - Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis DD
    - Genus: Stenella
      - Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata DD
      - Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene DD
      - Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba DD
      - Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis DD
      - Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris DD
    - Genus: Steno
      - Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
    - Genus: Tursiops
      - Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
  - 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: Mesoplodon
      - Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus (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: Pinnipedia
- Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
  - Genus: Monachus
    - Caribbean monk seal Monachus tropicalis EX

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossumsa)

Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.

Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
- Subfamily: Didelphinae
  - Genus: Marmosa
    - Robinson's mouse opossum Marmosa robinsoni LR/lc

Notes

References

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

Jumat, 24 Februari 2017