List of mammals of the British Virgin Islands

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the British Virgin Islands. Of the mammal species in the British Virgin Islands, one is vulnerable and one species has been declared extinct.This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.
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==
===Infraclass: Eutheria===
====Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)====
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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. manatus VU
====Order: Cetacea (whales)====
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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: 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)====
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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
*Family: Herpestidae
**Genus: Urva
*** Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata Jennings, A. & Veron, G. 2016. Herpestes auropunctatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T70204120A70204139. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T70204120A70204139.en. Downloaded on 27 March 2021. introduced
*Suborder: Pinnipedia 
**Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
***Genus: Neomonachus
**** Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis 
==Notes==
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==See also==
*List of chordate orders
*Lists of mammals by region
*List of prehistoric mammals
*Mammal classification
*List of mammals described in the 2000s
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