This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Mauritius. These are the mammal species in Mauritius, of which 1 is critically endangered, 0 are endangered, 3 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. 1 of the species listed for Mauritius is 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: Dugongidae
Genus: Dugong
Dugong Dugong dugon VU
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
Mauritian flying fox Pteropus niger VU
Rodrigues flying fox Pteropus rodricensis CR
Small Mauritian flying fox Pteropus subniger EX
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Mormopterus
Natal free-tailed bat Mormopterus acetabulosus VU
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Taphozous
Mauritian tomb bat Taphozous mauritianus 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
Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni DD
Southern sei whale Balaenoptera borealis schlegelii EN
Southern fin whale Balaenoptera physalus quoyi EN
Pygmy blue whale Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda DD
Southern blue whale Balaenoptera musculus intermedia EN
Family: Megapterinae
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae LC
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Eubalaena
Southern right whale Eubalaena australis LC (rarer on today's Mauritius)
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: Physeter
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus VU
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: Kogia
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps DD
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima DD
Family: Ziphidae
Genus: Indopacetus
Tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus DD
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris DD
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Mesoplodon
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
Gray's beaked whale Mesoplodon grayi DD
Hector's beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori DD
Layard's beaked whale Mesoplodon layardii DD
True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus DD
Superfamily: Delphinoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis LC
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
Genus: Sousa
Indian humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea NT
Genus: Tursiops
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus DD
Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus LC
Genus: Stenella
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata LC
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba LC
Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris DD
Genus: Delphinus
Long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis DD
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra DD
Genus: Pseudorca
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens DD
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata DD
Genus: Orcinus
Orca Orcinus orca 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: Caniformia
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Mirounga
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina LR/lc
