List of mammals of Madeira

This is a list of indigenous mammals of the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira in the North Atlantic ocean. Besides the mammals on the islands, the coastal waters are host to at least nine species of dolphins and ten species of migrating cetaceans. These are protected in the 430,000 km2 Madeiran Marine Mammal Sanctuary.

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

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: Pipistrellus
 * Madeira pipistrelle, P. maderensis
 * Genus: Nyctalus
 * Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri verrucosus
 * Genus: Plecotus
 * Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
Carnivorans include over 260 species, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
 * Suborder: Pinnipedia
 * Family: Phocidae
 * Genus: Monachus
 * Mediterranean monk seal, M. monachus

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
 * North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis
 * Family: Balaenopteridae
 * Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus 
 * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
 * Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
 * Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
 * Subfamily: Megapterinae
 * Genus: Megaptera
 * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
 * Suborder: Odontoceti
 * Superfamily: Platanistoidea
 * Family: Physeteridae
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
 * Family: Kogiidae
 * Genus: Kogia
 * Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps >
 * Superfamily: Delphinoidea
 * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
 * Genus: Tursiops
 * Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
 * Genus: Steno
 * Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis