This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Mayotte, of which one species is considered to be vulnerable.[1]
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
CR | Critically endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
EN | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
NT | Near threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
LC | Least concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
DD | Data deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)
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
Order: Primates
The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.
- Suborder: Strepsirrhini
- Infraorder: Lemuriformes
- Superfamily: Lemuroidea
- Family: Lemuridae
- Genus: Eulemur
- Common brown lemur, E. fulvus VU introduced
- Genus: Eulemur
- Family: Lemuridae
- Superfamily: Lemuroidea
- Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
- Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Genus: Pteropus
- Seychelles fruit bat, Pteropus seychellensis LC
- Genus: Pteropus
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
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: 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
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Family: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Genus: Megaptera
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenidae
- Genus: Eubalaena
- Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC (still very rare in Mayotte)
- Genus: Eubalaena
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family: Physeteridae
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
- Genus: Physeter
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
- Genus: Kogia
- 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
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Genus: Indopacetus
- 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
- Genus: Steno
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Family: Physeteridae
Notes
References
- "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Mayotte". 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.