This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Montserrat. Of the mammal species in Montserrat, one is endangered, one is vulnerable, and one is considered extinct.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 Institution, 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 International Union for Conservation of Nature: 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:

Subclass: 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: Trichechidae **Genus: ''Trichechus'' *** West Indian manatee, ''T. manatus'' extirpated

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: Noctilionidae **Genus: ''Noctilio'' *** Greater bulldog bat, ''Noctilio leporinus'' LR/lc *Family: Molossidae **Genus: ''Tadarida'' *** Mexican free-tailed bat, ''Tadarida brasiliensis'' LR/nt *Family: Phyllostomidae **Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae ***Genus: ''Brachyphylla'' **** Antillean fruit-eating bat, ''Brachyphylla cavernarum'' LR/lc **Subfamily: Glossophaginae ***Genus: ''Monophyllus'' **** Insular single leaf bat, ''Monophyllus plethodon'' LR/nt **Subfamily: Stenodermatinae ***Genus: ''Ardops'' **** Tree bat, ''Ardops nichollsi'' LR/nt ***Genus: ''Artibeus'' **** Jamaican fruit bat, ''Artibeus jamaicensis'' LR/lc ***Genus: ''Chiroderma'' **** Guadeloupe big-eyed bat, ''Chiroderma improvisum'' EN *Family: Natalidae **Genus: ''Natalus'' *** Mexican funnel-eared bat, ''Natalus stramineus'' LR/lc

Order: Cetacea (whales)

---- The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully aquatic adaptation, 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 (baleen whales) ***Genus: ''Balaenoptera'' **** Common minke whale, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'' **** Sei whale, ''Balaenoptera borealis'' **** Bryde's whale, ''Balaenoptera brydei'' **** Blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus'' ***Genus: ''Megaptera'' **** Humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' *Suborder: Odontoceti **Superfamily: Platanistoidea ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: ''Delphinus (genus), Delphinus'' ***** Short-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus delphis'' DD ****Genus: ''Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: ''Globicephala'' ***** Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhyncus'' DD ****Genus: ''Lagenodelphis'' ***** Fraser's dolphin, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' DD ****Genus: ''Grampus (genus), Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' DD ****Genus: ''Orcinus'' ***** Killer whale, ''Orcinus orca'' DD ****Genus: ''Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' DD ****Genus: ''Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' DD ****Genus: ''Stenella'' ***** Pantropical spotted dolphin, ''Stenella attenuata'' DD ***** Clymene dolphin, ''Stenella clymene'' DD ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' DD ***** Atlantic spotted dolphin, ''Stenella frontalis'' DD ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' DD ****Genus: ''Steno (genus), Steno'' ***** Rough-toothed dolphin, ''Steno bredanensis'' DD ****Genus: ''Tursiops'' ***** Common bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops truncatus'' ***Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales) ****Genus: ''Physeter'' ***** Sperm whale, ''Physeter catodon'' DD ***Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales) ****Genus: ''Kogia'' ***** Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia breviceps'' DD ***** Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' DD **Superfamily Ziphioidea ***Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales) ****Genus: ''Mesoplodon'' ***** Gervais' beaked whale, ''Mesoplodon europaeus'' DD ****Genus: ''Ziphius'' ***** Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' DD

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

---- There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. *Suborder: Pinnipedia **Family: Phocidae (earless seals) ***Genus: ''Neomonachus'' **** Caribbean monk seal, ''N. tropicalis'' EX

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