List of mammals of Fiji
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Fiji. There are fifteen mammal species in Fiji, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, and three are vulnerable.[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 populations 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. |
Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
- Family: Herpestidae
- Genus: Urva
- Indian brown mongoose, U. fusca, LC, introduced[2]
- Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata LC[3] introduced
- Genus: Urva
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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Genus: Mirimiri
- Fijian monkey-faced bat, Mirimiri acrodonta CR
- Genus: Pteropus
- Samoa flying-fox, Pteropus samoensis NT
- Insular flying-fox, Pteropus tonganus LC
- Genus: Mirimiri
- Subfamily: Macroglossinae
- Genus: Notopteris
- Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi VU
- Genus: Notopteris
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Chaerephon
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: Emballonura
- Polynesian sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura semicaudata EN
- Genus: Emballonura
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: Balaenopterinae
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC[4]
- Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN[5]
- Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermedia CR[6]
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Subfamily: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Genus: Megaptera
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter catodon VU
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
- Genus: Kogia
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
- Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Stenella
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
- Genus: Feresa
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
- Genus: Stenella
- Genus: Physeter
- Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)