page_title: List of mammals of Mauritius
section_title: Order: Cetacea (whales)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Mauritius / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Cetacea (whales)
caption_attribution_description: English: A pod of sperm whales off the coast of Mauritius. Français&#160;: Un groupe de grands cachalots près de la côte de Maurice. Nederlands: Een groep potvissen voor de kust van Mauritius. Español: Un grupo de cachalotes cerca de la costa de Mauricio. Deutsch: Eine Gruppe von Pottwalen in der Nähe der Küste von Mauritius. Italiano: Un gruppo di capodogli vicino alla costa di Mauritius.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Mauritius. Of the mammal species in Mauritius, one is critically endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  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:
context_section_description: 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
  Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis DD
  Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
  Southern sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis schlegelii EN
  Southern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus quoyi EN
  Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda DD
  Southern blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermedia EN
  Family: Megapterinae
  Genus: Megaptera
  Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  Family: Balaenidae
  Genus: Eubalaena
  Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis LC (rarer on today's Mauritius)
  Suborder: Odontoceti
  Family: Physeteridae
  Genus: Physeter
  Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
  Family: Kogiidae
  Genus: Kogia
  Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
  Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
  Family: Ziphidae
  Genus: Indopacetus
  Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
  Genus: Ziphius
  Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
  Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
  Genus: Mesoplodon
  Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
  Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
  Layard's beaked whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
  True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus DD
  Superfamily: Delphinoidea
  Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
  Genus: Steno
  Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
  Genus: Grampus
  Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
  Genus: Globicephala
  Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
  Genus: Sousa
  Indian humpback dolphin, Sousa plumbea NT
  Genus: Tursiops
  Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus DD
  Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
  Genus: Stenella
  Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
  Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
  Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
  Genus: Delphinus
  Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD
  Genus: Lagenodelphis
  Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
  Genus: Peponocephala
  Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra DD
  Genus: Pseudorca
  False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  Genus: Feresa
  Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  Genus: Orcinus
  Orca, Orcinus orca DD
caption: Sperm whales off Mauritius
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