===Infraclass:
Eutheria=== s ====Order:
Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)==== 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,
Trichechus manatus extirpated ====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:
Phyllostomidae • Subfamily:
Glossophaginae • Genus:
Leptonycteris •
Southern long-nosed bat,
Leptonycteris curasoae VU ====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 (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 • Genus:
Lagenodelphis •
Fraser's dolphin,
Lagenodelphis hosei DD • Genus:
Grampus •
Risso's dolphin,
Grampus griseus DD • Genus:
Orcinus •
Killer whale,
Orcinus orca DD • Genus:
Peponocephala •
Melon-headed whale,
Peponocephala electra DD • Genus:
Pseudorca •
False killer whale,
Pseudorca crassidens DD • Genus:
Sotalia •
Guiana dolphin,
Sotalia guianensis 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 • 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:
Pinnipedia • Family:
Phocidae (earless seals) • Genus:
Neomonachus •
Caribbean monk seal,
Neomonachus tropicalis EX ==See also==