List Of Mammals Of Samoa - Samoa Animals

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Samoa. There are 9 mammal species in Samoa, of which 1 is endangered and 2 are vulnerable.

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: Tursiops
        • Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus DD
      • Genus: Stenella
        • Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris LR/cd
      • Genus: Lagenodelphis
        • Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD

See also

• List of birds of Samoa
• List of protected areas of Samoa
• List of regional mammals lists

Notes

References

• "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of 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.