This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Fiji. There are 15 mammal species in Fiji, of which 1 is critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 3 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)
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: Pteralopex
- Fijian monkey-faced bat Mirimiri acrodonta (formerly in Pteralopex) CR
- Genus: Pteropus
- Samoa Flying-fox Pteropus samoensis VU
- Insular Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
- Genus: Pteralopex
- Subfamily: Macroglossinae
- Genus: Notopteris
- Long-tailed Fruit Bat Notopteris macdonaldi VU
- Genus: Notopteris
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Chaerephon
- Chaerephon bregullae LR/nt
- Genus: Chaerephon
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: Emballonura
- Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura semicaudata EN
- Genus: Emballonura
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
- Dwarf minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp. NE
- Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni DD
- Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus EN
- Pygmy blue whale Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda EN
- Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus EN
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Subfamily: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae VU
- Genus: Megaptera
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale Physeter catodonVU (Tabua plays an important role in local culture)
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps LR/lc
- Genus: Kogia
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
- Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori DD
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Stenella
- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata LR/cd
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
- Genus: Feresa
- Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata DD
- Genus: Stenella
- Genus: Physeter
- Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Notes
References
- "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Fiji". 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
See also
- List of chordate orders
- List of regional mammals lists
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classification
- New mammal species