List Of Mammals Of American Samoa - Samoa Animals

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in American Samoa. There are 8 mammal species in American Samoa, of which 0 are critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 2 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened.

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: Chiroptera (bats)

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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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
  • Subfamily: Pteropodinae
    • Genus: Pteropus
      • Samoa Flying-fox Pteropus samoensis VU
      • Insular Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
• Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Subfamily: Myotinae
    • Genus: Myotis
      • Insular Myotis Myotis insularum DD
• Family: Emballonuridae
  • Genus: Emballonura
    • Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura semicaudata EN

Order: Cetacea (whales)

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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: Megapterinae
      • Genus: Megaptera
        • Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae VU
• Suborder: Odontoceti
  • Superfamily: Platanistoidea
    • Family: Ziphidae
      • Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
        • Genus: Mesoplodon
          • 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

Notes

References

• "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of American Samoa". 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. 1995â€"2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007. 

See also

• List of chordate orders
• List of regional mammals lists
• List of prehistoric mammals
• Mammal classification
• New mammal species