List of mammals of Fiji

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Fiji. There are fifteen mammal species in Fiji, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, and three are vulnerable.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
 * Family: Herpestidae
 * Genus: Urva
 * Indian brown mongoose, U. fusca,, introduced
 * Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata introduced

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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
 * Subfamily: Pteropodinae
 * Genus: Mirimiri
 * Fijian monkey-faced bat, Mirimiri acrodonta
 * Genus: Pteropus
 * Samoa flying-fox, Pteropus samoensis
 * Insular flying-fox, Pteropus tonganus
 * Subfamily: Macroglossinae
 * Genus: Notopteris
 * Long-tailed fruit bat, Notopteris macdonaldi
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Chaerephon
 * Chaerephon bregullae
 * Family: Emballonuridae
 * Genus: Emballonura
 * Polynesian sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura semicaudata

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
 * Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
 * Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni
 * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
 * Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermedia
 * Subfamily: Megapterinae
 * Genus: Megaptera
 * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
 * Suborder: Odontoceti
 * Family Physeteridae (sperm whales)
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter catodon
 * Family: Kogiidae
 * Genus: Kogia
 * Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
 * Family: Ziphidae
 * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
 * Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens
 * Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori
 * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
 * Genus: Stenella
 * Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
 * Genus: Lagenodelphis
 * Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
 * Genus: Feresa
 * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata