List of mammals of Barbados

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Barbados. There are thirty-four mammal species of Barbados, of which one is considered vulnerable and one is extinct.^[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 population 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.

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:

LR/cd	Lower risk/conservation dependent	Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
LR/nt	Lower risk/near threatened	Species which are close to being classified as vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
LR/lc	Lower risk/least concern	Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

West Indian manatees

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 VU extirpated

Order: Primates

The order Primates includes the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans.

• Family: Cercopithecidae
  • Genus: Chlorocebus
    • Green monkey, C. sabaeus LC introduced^[2]

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Rodentia is an order of mammals characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing.

• Family: Cricetidae
  • Genus: Megalomys
    • Barbados giant rice rat, M. georginae EX^[3]

Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)

• Family Leporidae
  • Genus: Lepus
    • European hare, L. europaeus LC introduced

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 LC
• Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Subfamily: Myotinae
    • Genus: Myotis
      • Schwartz's myotis, Myotis martiniquensis NT
  • Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
    • Genus: Eptesicus
      • Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
  • Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
    • Genus: Brachyphylla
      • Antillean fruit-eating bat, Brachyphylla cavernarum LC
  • Subfamily: Glossophaginae
    • Genus: Monophyllus
      • Insular single leaf bat, Monophyllus plethodon NT
  • Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
    • Genus: Artibeus
      • Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis LC

Order: Cetacea (whales)

Humpback whale

Atlantic spotted dolphin

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.

In general, cetacean populations in Barbados waters are relatively small or rare.

• Suborder: Mysticeti
  • Family: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
    • Genus: Balaenoptera
      • Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
      • Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
      • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydei LC
      • Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
    • Genus: Megaptera
      • Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
• Suborder: Odontoceti
  • Superfamily: Platanistoidea
    • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
      • Genus: Delphinus
        • Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
      • Genus: Feresa
        • Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata LC
      • Genus: Globicephala
        • Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
      • Genus: Lagenodelphis
        • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
      • Genus: Grampus
        • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
      • Genus: Orcinus
        • Killer whale, Orcinus orca DD
        • 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
        • Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD
      • Genus: Tursiops
        • Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
    • 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: Caniformia
  • Family: Procyonidae (raccoons)
    • Genus: Procyon
      • Raccoon, P. lotor LC introduced, extirpated
        • Barbados raccoon, P. l. gloveralleni EX
• Suborder: Pinnipedia
  • Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
    • Genus: Neomonachus
      • Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis EX

See also

• List of chordate orders
• Lists of mammals by region
• List of prehistoric mammals
• Mammal classification
• List of mammals described in the 2000s