List of mammals of the United States Minor Outlying Islands

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the United States Minor Outlying Islands. There are five mammal species in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, all of which are marine mammals.^[1]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

Order: Cetacea (whales)

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: Odontoceti
  • Superfamily: Platanistoidea
    • Family: Ziphidae
      • Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
        • Genus: Mesoplodon
          • Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
          • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
    • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
      • Genus: Stenella
        • Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LR/cd
      • Genus: Lagenodelphis
        • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
      • Genus: Grampus
        • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD

Notes

References

• "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of the United States Minor Outlying Islands". IUCN. 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2007.^{[dead link]}
• "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
• "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.

See also

• List of chordate orders
• Lists of mammals by region
• List of prehistoric mammals
• Mammal classification
• List of mammals described in the 2000s

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