This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Jamaica. These are the mammal species in Jamaica, of which 0 are critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. 2 of the species listed for Jamaica are considered to be extinct.
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:
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.
Family: Trichechidae
Genus: Trichechus
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus VU
Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Capromyidae
Subfamily: Capromyinae
Genus: Geocapromys
Jamaican coney Geocapromys brownii VU
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oryzomys
Jamaican rice rat Oryzomys antillarum EX
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: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Greater bulldog bat Noctilio leporinus LR/lc
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Lasiurus
Eastern red bat Lasiurus borealis LR/lc
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Wagner's bonneted bat Eumops glaucinus LR/lc
Genus: Molossus
Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus LR/lc
Genus: Nyctinomops
Big free-tailed bat Nyctinomops macrotis LR/lc
Genus: Tadarida
Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis LR/nt
Family: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
Antillean ghost-faced bat Mormoops blainvillii LR/nt
Genus: Pteronotus
Macleay's mustached bat Pteronotus macleayii VU
Parnell's mustached bat Pteronotus parnellii LR/lc
Sooty mustached bat Pteronotus quadridens LR/nt
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Phyllostominae
Genus: Macrotus
Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat Macrotus waterhousii LR/lc
Genus: Vampyrum
Spectral bat Vampyrum spectrum LR/nt
Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
Genus: Brachyphylla
Cuban fruit-eating bat Brachyphylla nana LR/nt
Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
Genus: Erophylla
Buffy flower bat Erophylla sezekorni LR/lc
Genus: Phyllonycteris
Jamaican flower bat Phyllonycteris aphylla EN
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Glossophaga
Pallas's long-tongued bat Glossophaga soricina LR/lc
Genus: Monophyllus
Leach's single leaf bat Monophyllus redmani LR/lc
Subfamily: Carolliinae
Genus: Carollia
Seba's short-tailed bat Carollia perspicillata LR/lc
Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
Genus: Ariteus
Jamaican fig-eating bat Ariteus flavescens VU
Genus: Artibeus
Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis LR/lc
Genus: Sturnira
Little yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira lilium LR/lc
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Chilonatalus
Cuban funnel-eared bat Chilonatalus micropus 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: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera brydei
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Delphinus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis DD
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus DD
Genus: Orcinus
Killer whale Orcinus orca DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra DD
Genus: Pseudorca
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens DD
Genus: Stenella
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata DD
Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene DD
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba DD
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis DD
Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris DD
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
Genus: Tursiops
Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Genus: Physeter
Sperm whale Physeter catodon (DD)
Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
Genus: Kogia
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (DD)
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima (DD)
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
Genus: Mesoplodon
Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus (DD)
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris (DD)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
Suborder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Monachus
Caribbean monk seal Monachus tropicalis EX
