List of mammals of Fiji

Template:Short description 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.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

Template:IUCN status	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
Template:IUCN status	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
Template:IUCN status	Critically endangered	The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	Endangered	The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	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.
Template:IUCN status	Least concern	There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
Template:IUCN status	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, Template:IUCN status, introduced
    • Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata Template:IUCN status 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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
  • Subfamily: Pteropodinae
    • Genus: Mirimiri
      • Fijian monkey-faced bat, Mirimiri acrodonta Template:IUCN status
    • Genus: Pteropus
      • Samoa flying-fox, Pteropus samoensis Template:IUCN status
      • Insular flying-fox, Pteropus tonganus Template:IUCN status
  • Subfamily: Macroglossinae
    • Genus: Notopteris
      • Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi Template:IUCN status
• Family: Molossidae
  • Genus: Chaerephon
    • Chaerephon bregullae Template:IUCN status
• Family: Emballonuridae
  • Genus: Emballonura
    • Polynesian sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura semicaudata Template:IUCN status

Order: Cetacea (whales)

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Bryde's whale

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Humpback whale

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Pantropical 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.

• Suborder: Mysticeti
  • Family: Balaenopteridae
    • Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
      • Genus: Balaenoptera
        • Dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Template:IUCN status
        • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni Template:IUCN status
        • Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Template:IUCN status
        • Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermedia Template:IUCN status
    • Subfamily: Megapterinae
      • Genus: Megaptera
        • Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Template:IUCN status
• Suborder: Odontoceti
  • Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
    • Genus: Physeter
      • Sperm whale, Physeter catodon Template:IUCN status
    • Family: Kogiidae
      • Genus: Kogia
        • Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps Template:IUCN status
    • Family: Ziphidae
      • Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
        • Genus: Mesoplodon
          • Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris Template:IUCN status
          • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens Template:IUCN status
          • Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori Template:IUCN status
    • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
      • Genus: Stenella
        • Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata Template:IUCN status
      • Genus: Lagenodelphis
        • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei Template:IUCN status
      • Genus: Feresa
        • Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata Template:IUCN status

See also

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