List of mammals of the Dominican Republic

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This is a list of the **mammal species recorded in the Dominican Republic**. Of the mammal species in the Dominican Republic, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and eight are 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:

## 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, *T. manatus* **VU**

## Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).

* Suborder: Hystricomorpha
	+ Family: Echimyidae
		- Subfamily: Heteropsomyinae
			* Genus: *Brotomys*
				+ Hispaniolan edible rat, *B. voratus* **EX**
	+ Family: Capromyidae
		- Tribe: Plagiodontini
			* Genus: *Hyperplagiodontia*
				+ Wide-toothed hutia, *H. araeum* **EX**
			* Genus: *Plagiodontia*
				+ Hispaniolan hutia, *P. aedium* **EN**
				+ Samaná hutia, *P. ipnaeum* **EX**
				+ Small Haitian hutia, *P. spelaeum* **EX**
			* Genus: *Rhizoplagiodontia*
				+ Lemke's hutia, *R. lemkei* **EX**
		- Subfamily: Isolobodontinae
			* Genus: *Isolobodon*
				+ Montane hutia, *I. montanus* **EX**
				+ Puerto Rican hutia, *I. portoricensis* **EX**
		- Subfamily: Hexolobodontinae
			* Genus: *Hexolobodon*
				+ Imposter hutia, *H. phenax* **EX**
	+ Family: Heptaxodontidae
		- Subfamily: Heptaxodontinae
			* Genus: *Quemisia*
				+ Twisted-toothed mouse, *Q. gravis* **EX**
* Suborder: Muridae
	+ Family: Muridae
		- Genus: *Rattus*
			* Brown rat, *R. norvegicus* **LC** introduced
			* Black rat, *R. rattus* **LC** introduced
		- Genus: *Mus*
			* House mouse, *M. musculus* **LC** introduced

## Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)

Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.

* Family: Nesophontidae
	+ Genus: *Nesophontes*
		- Atalaye nesophontes, *N. hypomicrus* **EX**
		- Western Cuban nesophontes, *N. micrus* **EX**
		- St. Michel nesophontes, *N. paramicrus* **EX**
		- Haitian nesophontes, *N. zamicrus* **EX**
* Family: Solenodontidae
	+ Genus: *Solenodon*
		- Marcano's solenodon, *S. marcanoi* **EX**
		- Hispaniolan solenodon, *S. paradoxus* **LC**

## 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: Vespertilionidae
	+ Genus: *Eptesicus*
		- Big brown bat, *E. fuscus* **LC**
	+ Genus: *Lasiurus*
		- Minor red bat, *L. minor* **VU**
* Family: Noctilionidae
	+ Genus: *Noctilio*
		- Greater bulldog bat, *N. leporinus* **LC**
* Family: Molossidae
	+ Genus: *Molossus*
		- Velvety free-tailed bat, *M. molossus* **LC**
	+ Genus: *Nyctinomops*
		- Big free-tailed bat, *N. macrotis* **LC**
	+ Genus: *Tadarida*
		- Mexican free-tailed bat, *T. brasiliensis* **LC**
* Family: Mormoopidae
	+ Genus: *Mormoops*
		- Antillean ghost-faced bat, *M. blainvillei* **NT**
	+ Genus: *Pteronotus*
		- Parnell's mustached bat, *P. parnellii* **NT**
		- Sooty mustached bat, *P. quadridens* **NT**
* Family: Phyllostomidae
	+ Subfamily: Phyllostominae
		- Genus: *Macrotus*
			* Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, *M. waterhousii* **LC**
		- Genus: *Erophylla*
			* Brown flower bat, *E. bombifrons* **LC**
	+ Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
		- Genus: *Brachyphylla*
			* Cuban fruit-eating bat, *B. nana* **NT**
	+ Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
		- Genus: *Phyllonycteris*
			* Cuban flower bat, *P. poeyi* **NT**
	+ Subfamily: Glossophaginae
		- Genus: *Monophyllus*
			* Leach's single leaf bat, *M. redmani* **LC**
	+ Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
		- Genus: *Artibeus*
			* Jamaican fruit bat, *A. jamaicensis* **LC**
		- Genus: *Phyllops*
			* Cuban fig-eating bat, *P. falcatus* **NT**
* Family: Natalidae
	+ Genus: *Chilonatalus*
		- Cuban funnel-eared bat, *C. micropus* **VU**
	+ Genus: *Natalus*
		- Hispaniolan greater funnel-eared bat, *N. major* **NT**
		- Mexican funnel-eared bat, *N. stramineus* **LC**

## 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, *B. acutorostrata* **LC**
			* Sei whale, *B. borealis* **EN**
			* Bryde's whale, *B. brydei* **LC**
			* Blue whale, *B. musculus* **EN**
			* Fin whale, *B. physalus* **VU**
		- Genus: *Megaptera*
			* Humpback whale, *M. novaeangliae* **LC**
* Suborder: Odontoceti
	+ Superfamily: Platanistoidea
		- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
			* Genus: *Delphinus*
				+ Short-beaked common dolphin, *D. delphis* **DD**
			* Genus: *Feresa*
				+ Pygmy killer whale, *F. attenuata* **DD**
			* Genus: *Globicephala*
				+ Short-finned pilot whale, *G. macrorhyncus* **DD**
			* Genus: *Grampus*
				+ Risso's dolphin, *G. griseus* **DD**
			* Genus: *Lagenodelphis*
				+ Fraser's dolphin, *L. hosei* **DD**
			* Genus: *Orcinus*
				+ Killer whale, *O. orca* **DD**
			* Genus: *Peponocephala*
				+ Melon-headed whale, *P. electra* **DD**
			* Genus: *Pseudorca*
				+ False killer whale, *P. crassidens* **DD**
			* Genus: *Stenella*
				+ Pantropical spotted dolphin, *S. attenuata* **DD**
				+ Clymene dolphin, *S. clymene* **DD**
				+ Striped dolphin, *S. coeruleoalba* **DD**
				+ Atlantic spotted dolphin, *S. frontalis* **DD**
				+ Spinner dolphin, *S. longirostris* **DD**
			* Genus: *Steno*
				+ Rough-toothed dolphin, *S. bredanensis* **DD**
			* Genus: *Tursiops*
				+ Common bottlenose dolphin, *T. truncatus*
		- Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
			* Genus: *Physeter*
				+ Sperm whale, *P. macrocephalus* **VU**
		- Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
			* Genus: *Kogia*
				+ Pygmy sperm whale, *K. breviceps* **DD**
				+ Dwarf sperm whale, *K. sima* **DD**
	+ Superfamily Ziphioidea
		- Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
			* Genus: *Mesoplodon*
				+ Blainville's beaked whale, *M. densirostris* **DD**
				+ Gervais' beaked whale, *M. europaeus* **DD**
			* Genus: *Ziphius*
				+ Cuvier's beaked whale, *Z. cavirostris* **DD**

## Order: Primates (primates)

There are 190 – 448 species of living primates, depending on which classification is used. They have an opposable thumb for grasping objects.

* Suborder: Haplorhini
	+ Infraorder: Simiiformes
		- Family: Pitheciidae
			* Subfamily: Callicebinae
				+ Tribe: Xenotrichini
					- Genus: *Antillothrix*
						* Hispaniola monkey, *A. bernensis* **EX**

## 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, *N. tropicalis* **EX**
* Family: Procyonidae
	+ Genus: *Procyon*
		- Common raccoon, *P. lotor* **LC** introduced, extirpated
* Family: Herpestidae
	+ Genus: *Urva*
		- Small Indian mongoose, *U. auropunctata* **LC** introduced

## Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

The even-toed ungulates are ungulates – hoofed animals – which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing posteriorly.

* Family: Cervidae
	+ Subfamily: Capreolinae
		- Genus: *Odocoileus*
			* White-tailed deer, *O. virginianus* **LC** introduced
* Family Suidae (pigs)
	+ Genus: *Sus*
		- Wild boar, *S. scrofa* **LC** introduced

## Notes

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Fabre, P.-H., Upham, N. S., Emmons, L. H., Justy, F., Leite, Y. L. R., Loss, A. C., Orlando, L., Tilak, M.-K., Patterson, B. D., and Douzery, E. J. P. (2017). Mitogenomic Phylogeny, Diversification, and Biogeography of South American Spiny Rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34 (3): 613–633. Retrieved from https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1001393.
3. ↑ 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.

## References

* "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Dominican Republic". IUCN. 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2007. [*dead link*]
* "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
* "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.

## See also

* List of chordate orders
* Lists of mammals by region
* Mammal classification