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List of mammals of Aruba

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Aruba. Of the mammal species in Aruba, two are vulnerable and one species has been classified as extinct.

Subclass: [[Theria]]
===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: TrichechusWest 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: LeptonycterisSouthern 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: BalaenopteraCommon minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrataSei whale, Balaenoptera borealisBryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydeiBlue whale, Balaenoptera musculus • Genus: MegapteraHumpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae • Suborder: Odontoceti • Superfamily: Platanistoidea • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) • Genus: DelphinusShort-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis DD • Genus: FeresaPygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD • Genus: GlobicephalaShort-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus DD • Genus: LagenodelphisFraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD • Genus: GrampusRisso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD • Genus: OrcinusKiller whale, Orcinus orca DD • Genus: PeponocephalaMelon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra DD • Genus: PseudorcaFalse killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD • Genus: SotaliaGuiana dolphin, Sotalia guianensis DD • Genus: StenellaPantropical 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: StenoRough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD • Genus: TursiopsCommon bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus • Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales) • Genus: PhyseterSperm whale, Physeter catodon DD • Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales) • Genus: KogiaPygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD • Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD • Superfamily Ziphioidea • Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales) • Genus: MesoplodonGervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus DD • Genus: ZiphiusCuvier'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: NeomonachusCaribbean monk seal, Neomonachus tropicalis EX ==See also==
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