List of mammals of French Southern Territories

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in French Southern Territories. There are nineteen mammal species in French Southern Territories, of which two are endangered.

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

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: Balaenidae
 * Genus: Eubalaena
 * Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
 * Family: Balaenopteridae
 * Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus  (globally)
 * Antarctic sub-species Balaenoptera intermedia
 * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
 * Family: Neobalaenidae
 * Genus: Caperea
 * Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
 * Suborder: Odontoceti
 * Superfamily: Platanistoidea
 * Family: Phocoenidae
 * Genus: Phocoena
 * Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
 * Family: Ziphidae
 * Genus: Berardius
 * Giant beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii
 * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi
 * Layard's beaked whale, Mesoplodon layardii
 * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
 * Genus: Cephalorhynchus
 * Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii
 * Genus: Lissodelphis
 * Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
 * Genus: Sagmatias
 * Dusky dolphin, Sagmatias obscurus
 * Genus: Orcinus
 * Orca, Orcinus orca
 * Genus: Globicephala
 * Pilot whale, Globicephala melas

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: Caniformia
 * Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions)
 * Genus: Arctophoca
 * Antarctic fur seal, Arctophoca gazella
 * Subantarctic fur seal, Arctophoca tropicalis
 * Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
 * Genus: Hydrurga
 * Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
 * Genus: Leptonychotes
 * Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
 * Genus: Mirounga
 * Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
 * Genus: Ommatophoca
 * Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii