List of mammals of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. There are two mammal species in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, both of which are dolphins.[1] There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to either species.
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: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's dolphin, L. hosei DD
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, G. griseus DD
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea