This is a list of the mammal species recorded in New Caledonia. There are 16 mammal species in New Caledonia, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. 1 of the species listed for New Caledonia 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
Ornate Flying Fox Pteropus ornatus VU
Insular Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
New Caledonia Flying Fox Pteropus vetulus LR/nt
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Genus: Notopteris
Long-tailed Fruit Bat Notopteris macdonaldi VU
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Chalinolobus
Chalinolobus neocaledonicus EN
Subfamily: Miniopterinae
Genus: Miniopterus
Loyalty Bent-winged Bat Miniopterus robustior EN
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: Kogiidae
Genus: Kogia
Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima LR/lc
Family: Ziphidae
Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
Genus: Mesoplodon
Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori DD
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Delphinus
Common dolphin Delphinus delphis LR/lc
Genus: Grampus
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus DD
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata DD
