List of mammals of Haiti

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Haiti. Of the mammal species in Haiti, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and eleven 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 presence uncertain

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: Hystricognathi
 * Family: Capromyidae
 * Tribe: Plagiodontini
 * Genus: Hyperplagiodontia
 * Wide-toothed hutia, H. araeum
 * Genus: Plagiodontia
 * Hispaniolan hutia, Plagiodontia aedium
 * Samaná hutia, Plagiodontia ipnaeum
 * Small Haitian hutia, Plagiodontia spelaeum
 * Genus: Rhizoplagiodontia
 * Lemke's hutia, Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei
 * Subfamily: Isolobodontinae
 * Genus: Isolobodon
 * Montane hutia, Isolobodon montanus
 * Puerto Rican hutia, Isolobodon portoricensis
 * Subfamily: Hexolobodontinae
 * Genus: Hexolobodon
 * Imposter hutia, Hexolobodon phenax
 * Family: Heptaxodontidae
 * Subfamily: Heptaxodontinae
 * Genus: Quemisia
 * Twisted-toothed mouse, Quemisia gravis

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, Nesophontes hypomicrus
 * Western Cuban nesophontes, Nesophontes micrus
 * St. Michel nesophontes, Nesophontes paramicrus
 * Haitian nesophontes, Nesophontes zamicrus
 * Family: Solenodontidae
 * Genus: Solenodon
 * Marcano's solenodon, S. marcanoi
 * Hispaniolan solenodon, S. paradoxus

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, Noctilio leporinus
 * Family: Vespertilionidae
 * Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
 * Genus: Lasiurus
 * Minor red bat, Lasiurus minor
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Molossus
 * Velvety free-tailed bat, Molossus molossus
 * Genus: Nyctinomops
 * Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
 * Family: Mormoopidae
 * Genus: Mormoops
 * Antillean ghost-faced bat, Mormoops blainvillii
 * Genus: Pteronotus
 * Parnell's mustached bat, Pteronotus parnellii
 * Sooty mustached bat, Pteronotus quadridens
 * Family: Phyllostomidae
 * Subfamily: Phyllostominae
 * Genus: Macrotus
 * Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus waterhousii
 * Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
 * Genus: Brachyphylla
 * Cuban fruit-eating bat, Brachyphylla nana
 * Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
 * Genus: Phyllonycteris
 * Cuban flower bat, Phyllonycteris poeyi
 * Subfamily: Glossophaginae
 * Genus: Monophyllus
 * Leach's single leaf bat, Monophyllus redmani
 * Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
 * Genus: Artibeus
 * Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis
 * Genus: Phyllops
 * Cuban fig-eating bat, Phyllops falcatus
 * Family: Natalidae
 * Genus: Chilonatalus
 * Cuban funnel-eared bat, Chilonatalus micropus

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, 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
 * Genus: Feresa
 * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
 * Genus: Globicephala
 * Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhyncus
 * Genus: Lagenodelphis
 * Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
 * Genus: Grampus
 * Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
 * Genus: Orcinus
 * Killer whale, Orcinus orca
 * Genus: Peponocephala
 * Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
 * Genus: Pseudorca
 * False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
 * Genus: Stenella
 * Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata
 * Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene
 * Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
 * Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
 * Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
 * Genus: Steno
 * Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
 * Genus: Tursiops
 * Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
 * Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocaphalus
 * Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
 * Genus: Kogia
 * Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
 * Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima
 * Superfamily Ziphioidea
 * Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus
 * Blainville's beaked whale, Mesplodon densirostris
 * Genus: Ziphius
 * Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris

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

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 Suidae (pigs)
 * Genus: Sus
 * Wild boar, S. scrofa introduced
 * Creole pig