- List of mammals in the United States Minor Outlying Islands
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the United States Minor Outlying Islands. There are 5 mammal species in the
United States Minor Outlying Islands , all of which are marine mammals. [This list is derived from theIUCN 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:
Cetacea (whales)-----The order Cetacea includes
whale s,dolphin s andporpoise s. 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:Hyperoodontidae
*****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" DDNotes
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=UM&aquatic%5B0%5D=all®ions%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
title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
publisher=IUCN
date=2001
accessdaymonth =22 May
accessyear=2007
*cite web
url=http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
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
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