List of mammals of Cuba

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cuba. Of the mammal species in Cuba, five of the species listed 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

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.
 * Suborder: Hystricomorpha
 * Family: Echimyidae
 * Subfamily: Heteropsomyinae
 * Genus: Boromys
 * Oriente cave rat, B. offella
 * Torre's cave rat, B. torrei
 * Family: Dasyproctidae
 * Genus: Dasyprocta
 * Mexican agouti, D. mexicana introduced
 * Central American agouti, D. punctata introduced
 * Family: Cuniculidae
 * Genus: Cuniculus
 * Lowland paca, C. paca introduced
 * Family: Capromyidae
 * Subfamily: Capromyinae
 * Genus: Capromys
 * Desmarest's hutia, C. pilorides
 * Genus: Geocapromys
 * Cuban coney, G. columbianus
 * Genus: Mesocapromys
 * Cabrera's hutia, M. angelcabrerai
 * Eared hutia, M. auritus
 * Dwarf hutia, M. nanus, possibly
 * San Felipe hutia, M. sanfelipensis, possibly
 * Genus: Mysateles
 * Garrido's hutia, M. garridoi, possibly
 * Gundlach's hutia, M. gundlachi
 * Black-tailed hutia, M. melanurus
 * Southern hutia, M. meridionalis
 * Prehensile-tailed hutia, M. prehensilis
 * Suborder: Muridae
 * Family: Muridae
 * Genus: Mus
 * House mouse, M. musculus introduced
 * Genus: Rattus
 * Brown rat, R. norvegicus introduced
 * Black rat, R. rattus 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
 * Western Cuban nesophontes, N. micrus
 * Family: Solenodontidae
 * Genus: Atopogale
 * Cuban solenodon, A. cubana

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: Noctilionidae
 * Genus: Noctilio
 * Greater bulldog bat, N. leporinus
 * Family: Vespertilionidae
 * Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
 * Genus: Antrozous
 * Pallid bat, A. pallidus
 * Genus: Eptesicus
 * Big brown bat, E. fuscus
 * Genus: Lasiurus
 * Eastern red bat, L. borealis
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Eumops
 * Wagner's bonneted bat, E. glaucinus
 * Genus: Mormopterus
 * Little goblin bat, M. minutus
 * Genus: Nyctinomops
 * Broad-eared bat, N. laticaudatus
 * Big free-tailed bat, N. macrotis
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * Mexican free-tailed bat, T. brasiliensis
 * Family: Mormoopidae
 * Genus: Mormoops
 * Antillean ghost-faced bat, M. blainvillii
 * Genus: Pteronotus
 * Macleay's mustached bat, P. macleayii
 * Parnell's mustached bat, P. parnellii
 * Sooty mustached bat, P. quadridens
 * Family: Phyllostomidae
 * Subfamily: Phyllostominae
 * Genus: Macrotus
 * Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, M. waterhousii
 * Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
 * Genus: Brachyphylla
 * Cuban fruit-eating bat, B. nana
 * Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
 * Genus: Erophylla
 * Buffy flower bat, E. sezekorni
 * Genus: Phyllonycteris
 * Cuban flower bat, P. poeyi
 * Subfamily: Glossophaginae
 * Genus: Monophyllus
 * Leach's single leaf bat, M. redmani
 * Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
 * Genus: Artibeus
 * Jamaican fruit bat, A. jamaicensis
 * Genus: Phyllops
 * Cuban fig-eating bat, P. falcatus
 * Family: Natalidae
 * Genus: Chilonatalus
 * Cuban funnel-eared bat, C. micropus
 * Genus: Nyctiellus
 * Gervais's funnel-eared bat, N. lepidus

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

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivores, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.


 * Suborder: Procyonidae
 * Family: Procyonidae
 * Genus: Procyon
 * Raccoon, P. lotor introduced, extirpated
 * Family: Herpestidae
 * Genus: Urva
 * Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata introduced
 * Suborder: Caniformia
 * Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
 * Genus: Neomonachus
 * Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis

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 introduced
 * Family Suidae (pigs)
 * Genus: Sus
 * Wild boar, S. scrofa introduced
 * Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
 * Genus: Tayassu
 * White-lipped peccary, T. pecari introduced, extirpated