This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Saint Martin. Of the mammals of Saint Martin, only bats are native. Apart from bats, many oceanic mammals, exotic mammals and domesticated species can be found within and around the island. Native rodents, such as the blunt-toothed giant hutia and oryzomyines, are known to extirpated from the island due to the impact of humans, where a few oryzomyines can be found around archeological sites.[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.
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
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. manatusVU extirpated
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
Bats comprised 20% of all mammals described in the world and they are the only true-fliers among mammali. Saint Martin is home for seven bat species.
Family: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus ssp. mastivus LR/lc
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Monophyllus
Antillean fruit-eating bat, Brachyphylla cavernarum LC
Genus: Monophyllus
Insular single leaf bat, Monophyllus plethodon ssp. luciae LR/nt
Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
Genus: Ardops
Tree bat, Ardops nichollsi LR/nt
Genus: Artibeus
Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis LR/lc
Family: Natalidae
Genus: Natalus
Mexican funnel-eared bat, Natalus stramineus ssp. stramineus LR/lc
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis ssp. antillularum LR/nt
Genus: Molossus
Velvety free-tailed bat, Molossus molossus ssp. molossus LR/lc
Order: Cetacea (whales)
The order Cetacea which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises, are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life which enable them to survive like fish in the water. They are armored with thick blubber, limbs evolved as fins and also with tail fin.
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
Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis DD
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
Well over 250 species of carnivorans, they fill up the top ranks of any food web, and helps to control the population of herbivores.
Suborder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Neomonachus
Caribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis EX
Order: Rodentia (rodents)
Rodents are the most successful mammals in the world, comprising more than 40% of all described mammal species. They are economically important animals, where most of them are pests and invasive species in human habitations.
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