List of mammals in São Tomé and Príncipe

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in São Tomé and Príncipe. There are 11 native terrestrial and 3 naturally occurring marine mammal species in São Tomé and Príncipe, of which 2 are critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 0 are vulnerable, and 2 are near-threatened. [This list was originally 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.] In addition, 6 species of terrestrial mammal have been introduced to the islands, and 8 domestic species have become feral or otherwise pose a threat to the native fauna.harvnb|Dutton|1994] [Domestic or feral species that pose a threat to native fauna are: pig, goat, horse, donkey, cattle, sheep, domestic cat and dog.]

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: Rodentia

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*Family: Muridae
**Subfamily: Murinae
***Genus: "Rattus"
****Common Rat "Rattus norvegicus" (Introduced) LR/lc
****Ship Rat "Rattus rattus" (Introduced) LR/lc
***Genus: "Mus"
****House Mouse "Mus musculus" (Introduced) LR/lc

Order: Primates

-----The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimians, monkeys of the New World, and monkeys and apes of the Old World.

*Suborder: Haplorrhini
**Infraorder: Simiiformes
***Parvorder: Catarrhini
****Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
*****Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
*******Genus: Cercopithecus
******** Mona Monkey "Cercopithecus mona" (Introduced) LR/lc

Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and soledons)

-----The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and soledons closely resemble mice, while the moles are stout bodied burrowers.

*Family: Soricidae (shrews)
**Subfamily: Crocidurinae
***Genus: Crocidura
**** Fraser's Musk Shrew "Crocidura poensis" LC
**** São Tomé Shrew "Crocidura thomensis" CR

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: Eidolon
**** Straw-coloured Fruit Bat "Eidolon helvum" LC
***Genus: Myonycteris
**** São Tomé Collared Fruit Bat "Myonycteris brachycephala" EN
***Genus: Rousettus
**** Egyptian fruit bat "Rousettus aegyptiacus" LC
*Family: Vespertilionidae
**Subfamily: Miniopterinae
***Genus: Miniopterus
**** Least Long-fingered Bat "Miniopterus minor" NT
*Family: Molossidae
**Genus: Chaerephon
*** Little Free-tailed Bat "Chaerephon pumila" LC
*** São Tomé Free-tailed Bat "Chaerephon tomensis" CR
*Family: Emballonuridae
**Genus: Taphozous
*** Mauritian Tomb Bat "Taphozous mauritianus" LC
*Family: Rhinolophidae
**Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
***Genus: Hipposideros
**** Noack's Roundleaf Bat "Hipposideros ruber" LC
**** "Hipposideros thomensis" NT

Order: Carnivora

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*Family: Viverridae
**Subfamily: Viverrinae
***Genus: "Civettictis"
**** African Civet "Civettictis civetta" (Introduced) LR/lc
*Family: Mustelidae
**Subfamily: Mustelinae
***Genus: "Mustela"
**** Least Weasel "Mustela nivalis" (Introduced) LR/lc

Order: Cetacea (whales)

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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: Kogiidae
****Genus: Kogia
***** Dwarf Sperm Whale "Kogia sima" LR/lc
***Family: Ziphidae
****Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
*****Genus: Mesoplodon
****** Blainville's Beaked Whale "Mesoplodon densirostris" DD
***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
****Genus: Stenella
***** Spinner Dolphin "Stenella longirostris" LR/cd

Notes

References

*citation
last = Dutton
first = John
year = 1994
title = Introduced mammals in São Tomé and Príncipe: possible threats to biodiversity
periodical = Biodiversity and Conservation
volume = 3
pages = 927–938
*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=ST&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
title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammal of São Tomé and Príncipe
publisher=IUCN
date=2001
accessdaymonth = 22 May
accessyear=2007
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publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
date=2005
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ee also

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