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List of mammals of Bermuda

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List of mammals of Bermuda

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Bermuda. These are the mammal species in Bermuda, of which 0 are critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 1 is 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:

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: Vespertilionidae
  • Subfamily: Myotinae
  • Genus: Lasionycteris
  • Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans LR/lc
  • Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  • Genus: Lasiurus
  • Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis LR/lc
  • Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus LR/lc
  • 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
  • Genus: Eubalaena
  • North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis EN
  • Family: Balaenopteridae
  • Genus: Balaenoptera
  • Common minke whale 'Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  • Sei whale 'Balaenoptera borealis EN
  • Bryde's whale 'Balaenoptera brydei DD
  • Blue whale 'Balaenoptera musculus EN
  • Fin whale 'Balaenoptera physalus EN
  • Subfamily: Megapterinae
  • Genus: Megaptera
  • Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae VU
  • Suborder: Odontoceti
  • Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  • Genus: Lagenodelphis
  • Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
  • Genus: Grampus
  • Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus DD
  • Genus: Globicephala
  • Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
  • Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas DD
  • Genus: Orcinus
  • Killer whale Orcinus orca DD
  • Genus: Feresa
  • Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata DD
  • Genus: Stenella
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata LC
  • Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene DD
  • Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba LC
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis DD
  • Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris DD
  • Genus: Tursiops
  • Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus LC
  • Family: Physeteridae
  • Genus: Physeter
  • Sperm whale Physeter catodon VU
  • Family: Kogiidae
  • Genus: Kogia
  • Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps DD
  • Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima DD
  • Family: Ziphiidae
  • Genus: Mesoplodon
  • Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens DD
  • Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus DD
  • True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus DD
  • Genus: Ziphius
  • Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris DD
  • References

    List of mammals of Bermuda Wikipedia


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