List of mammals in Vanuatu

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Vanuatu. There are 22 mammal species in Vanuatu, of which 0 are critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened. [This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institute, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.]

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:

ubclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

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
***Genus: Dugong
**** Dugong "Dugong dugon" VU

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

-----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
***** Vanauatu Flying Fox "Pteropus anetianus" LR/lc
***** Banks Flying Fox "Pteropus fundatus" VU
***** Insular Flying-fox "Pteropus tonganus" LR/lc
***** Pteropus "Pteropus vampyrus" LR/lc
***Subfamily: Macroglossinae
****Genus: Notopteris
***** Long-tailed Fruit Bat "Notopteris macdonaldi" VU
**Family: Vespertilionidae
***Subfamily: Myotinae
****Genus: Myotis
***** Large-footed Bat "Myotis adversus" LR/lc
***Subfamily: Miniopterinae
****Genus: Miniopterus
***** Little Long-fingered Bat "Miniopterus australis" LR/lc
***** Great Bent-winged Bat "Miniopterus tristis" LR/lc
**Family: Molossidae
***Genus: Chaerephon
**** "Chaerephon bregullae" LR/nt
**** Northern Freetail Bat "Chaerephon jobensis" LR/lc
**Family: Emballonuridae
***Genus: Emballonura
**** Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat "Emballonura semicaudata" EN
**Family: Rhinolophidae
***Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
****Genus: Aselliscus
***** Temminck's Trident Bat "Aselliscus tricuspidatus" LR/lc
****Genus: Hipposideros
***** Fawn Roundleaf Bat "Hipposideros cervinus" LR/lc

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: Megapterinae
****Genus: Megaptera
***** Humpback Whale "Megaptera novaeangliae" VU
*Suborder: Odontoceti
**Superfamily: Platanistoidea
***Family: Ziphidae
****Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
*****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: Stenella
***** Pantropical Spotted Dolphin "Stenella attenuata" LR/cd
***** Striped Dolphin "Stenella coeruleoalba" LR/cd
***** Spinner Dolphin "Stenella longirostris" LR/cd
****Genus: Lagenodelphis
***** Fraser's Dolphin "Lagenodelphis hosei" DD

Notes

References

*cite web
url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?kingname=ANIMALIA&phyname=CHORDATA&claname=MAMMALIA&freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B0%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B0%5D=all&country%5B0%5D=VU&aquatic%5B0%5D=all&regions%5B0%5D=all&habitats%5B0%5D=all&threats%5B0%5D=all&Submit_x=34&Submit_y=9&extendedResults=0&terrestrial=0&marine=0&freshwater=0&offset=0&sortorder%5B0%5D=spcscientificname&sortorder%5B1%5D=genname&sortorder%5B2%5D=spcname&sortorder%5B3%5D=spcauthor&sortorder%5B4%5D=spcinfrarank&sortorder%5B5%5D=spcinfraepithet&sortorder%5B6%5D=spcinfrarankauthor&sortorder%5B7%5D=spcstockname&sortorder%5B8%5D=comname_comp&sortorder%5B9%5D=rlcabb&sortorder%5B10%5D=rlscriteria&sortorder%5B11%5D=poptrend_code&sortorder%5B12%5D=rlcatcrit2001&sortorder%5B13%5D=spcrecid&sortorder%5B14%5D=kingname&debug=0&taxa_subspc=0&taxa_stock=0&newsort=Genus
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publisher=IUCN
date=2001
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007
*cite web
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title=Mammal Species of the World
publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
date=2005
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007
*cite web
url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
title=Animal Diversity Web
publisher=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
date=1995-2006
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007

ee also

*List of chordate orders
*List of regional mammals lists
*List of prehistoric mammals
*Mammal classification
*New mammal species