This is a list of the mammal species recorded in French Polynesia. There are twelve mammal species in French Polynesia, of which none are critically endangered, two are endangered, one is vulnerable, and none 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 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
Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata LR/nt
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni DD
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus EN
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus EN
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: Physeter
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus VU
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: Kogia
Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima LR/lc
Family: Ziphidae
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Mesoplodon
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
Genus: Stenella
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris LR/cd
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra LR/lc
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata DD
