List of mammals of Mexico

This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors. Mexico's high mammal biodiversity is in part a reflection of the wide array of biomes present over its latitudinal, climatic and altitudinal ranges, from lowland tropical rainforest to temperate desert to montane forest to alpine tundra. The general increase in terrestrial biodiversity moving towards the equator is another important factor in the comparison. Mexico includes much of the Mesoamerican and Madrean pine-oak woodlands biodiversity hotspots. From a biogeographic standpoint, most of Mexico is linked to the rest of North America as part of the Nearctic realm. However, the lowlands of southern Mexico are linked with Central America and South America as part of the Neotropical realm. Extensive mixing of Nearctic and Neotropical mammal species commenced only three million years ago, when the formation of the Isthmus of Panama ended South America's long period of isolation and precipitated the Great American Interchange. Twenty of Mexico's extant nonflying species (opossums, armadillos, anteaters, monkeys and caviomorph rodents) are of South American origin. Most of the megafauna that formerly inhabited the region became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene about 10,000 years ago, shortly after the arrival of the first humans. Increasing alteration and destruction of natural habitats by expanding human populations during the last several centuries is causing further attrition of the region's biodiversity, as exemplified by the "hotspot" designations (by definition, such areas have lost over 70% of their primary vegetation).

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:

Of the listed taxa, 7 are extinct, 1 (not recognized by the IUCN) is possibly extinct, 30 are critically endangered, 46 are endangered, 26 are vulnerable, and 23 are near threatened. These status tags were most recently updated in April 2011. Six of the extinct or possibly extinct taxa and 11 of the critically endangered taxa are insular (all but two of these are rodents); another 13 of the critically endangered species (all rodents or shrews) are montane. The only critically endangered species that are neither rodents nor shrews are the Cozumel Island raccoon and the vaquita. The vaquita population estimate has dropped below 100 as of 2014 and it is regarded as being in imminent danger of extinction.

Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.


 * Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
 * Subfamily: Caluromyinae
 * Genus: Caluromys
 * Derby's woolly opossum, C. derbianus
 * Subfamily: Didelphinae
 * Genus: Chironectes
 * Water opossum, C. minimus
 * Genus: Didelphis
 * Common opossum, D. marsupialis
 * Virginia opossum, D. virginiana
 * Genus: Marmosa
 * Mexican mouse opossum, M. mexicana
 * Genus: Metachirus
 * Brown four-eyed opossum, M. nudicaudatus
 * Genus: Philander
 * Gray four-eyed opossum, P. opossum
 * Genus: Tlacuatzin
 * Grayish mouse opossum, T. canescens

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. They evolved about 50 million years ago, and their closest living relatives are elephants. Manatees are the only extant afrotherians in the Americas. However, a number proboscid species, some of which survived until the arrival of Paleo-Indians, once inhabited the region. Mammoths, mastodons and gomphotheres all formerly lived in Mexico.


 * Family: Trichechidae
 * Genus: Trichechus
 * West Indian manatee, T. manatus

Order: Cingulata (armadillos)


Armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. Two of twenty-one extant species are present in Mexico; the remainder are only found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but went extinct following the appearance of humans.


 * Family: Dasypodidae (long-nosed armadillos)
 * Subfamily: Dasypodinae
 * Genus: Dasypus
 * Nine-banded armadillo, D. novemcinctus
 * Family: Chlamyphoridae (armadillos)
 * Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
 * Genus: Cabassous
 * Northern naked-tailed armadillo, C. centralis

Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)


The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas. Their ancestral home is South America. Numerous ground sloths, some of which reached the size of elephants, were once present in both North and South America, as well as on the Antilles, but all went extinct following the arrival of humans.


 * Suborder: Vermilingua
 * Family: Cyclopedidae
 * Genus: Cyclopes
 * Common silky anteater, C. didactylus
 * Central American silky anteater, C. dorsalis
 * Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
 * Genus: Tamandua
 * Northern tamandua, T. mexicana

Order: Primates


The order Primates includes the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. It is divided into four main groupings: strepsirrhines, tarsiers, monkeys of the New World (parvorder Platyrrhini), and monkeys and apes of the Old World. Mexico's 2 genera of nonhuman primates compares to 6 in Central America, 20 in South America, 15 in Madagascar, 23 in Africa and 19 in Asia. Mexican and Central American monkeys are recent immigrants from South America, where their ancestors arrived after rafting over from Africa roughly 25 million years ago. Southeastern Mexico is the northernmost limit of the distribution of New World monkeys, which are restricted to tropical rainforest habitat.


 * Suborder: Haplorrhini
 * Infraorder: Simiiformes
 * Parvorder: Platyrrhini
 * Family: Atelidae
 * Subfamily: Alouattinae
 * Genus: Alouatta
 * Mantled howler, A. palliata
 * Guatemalan black howler, A. pigra
 * Subfamily: Atelinae
 * Genus: Ateles
 * Geoffroy's spider monkey, A. geoffroyi

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, although the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg. According to the IUCN listing, Mexico has more rodent species (236 as of April 2011) than any other country in the world (Brazil is second with 222). Of Mexico's rodents, 2% are caviomorphs, 14.5% are sciurids, 25.5% are castorimorphs and 58% are cricetids. This distribution is fairly similar to that of the remainder of North America (although sciurids are relatively twice as abundant to the north, at the expense of cricetids), but is very different from that of South America, where the corresponding figures are 36%, 3%, 1% and 60%. Of Mexico's cricetids, 17% are sigmodontine, while the figure for South America is 99.5%. Mexico's caviomorphs are recent immigrants from South America, where their ancestors washed ashore after rafting across the Atlantic from Africa about 40–45 million years ago. Conversely, South America's sciurids, castorimorphs and cricetids are recent immigrants from Central America (with sigmodontines getting a head start on the others).


 * Suborder: Hystricomorpha
 * Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
 * Subfamily: Erethizontinae
 * Genus: Erethizon
 * North American porcupine, E. dorsatum
 * Genus: Coendou
 * Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou mexicanus
 * Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
 * Genus: Dasyprocta
 * Mexican agouti, Dasyprocta mexicana
 * Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata
 * Family: Cuniculidae
 * Genus: Cuniculus
 * Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca
 * Suborder: Sciuromorpha
 * Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
 * Subfamily: Sciurinae
 * Tribe: Pteromyini
 * Genus: Glaucomys
 * Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans
 * Tribe: Sciurini
 * Genus: Sciurus
 * Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti
 * Allen's squirrel, Sciurus alleni
 * Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis
 * Mexican gray squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster
 * Collie's squirrel, Sciurus colliaei
 * Deppe's squirrel, Sciurus deppei
 * Western gray squirrel, Sciurus griseus
 * Mexican fox squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis
 * Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
 * Peters's squirrel, Sciurus oculatus
 * Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides
 * Yucatan squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis
 * Genus: Tamiasciurus
 * Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii
 * Mearns's squirrel, T. d. mearnsi
 * Subfamily: Xerinae
 * Tribe: Marmotini
 * Genus: Ammospermophilus
 * Harris's antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus harrisii
 * Espíritu Santo antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus insularis
 * Texas antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus interpres
 * White-tailed antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus
 * Genus: Cynomys
 * Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus
 * Mexican prairie dog, Cynomys mexicanus
 * Genus: Neotamias
 * Buller's chipmunk, Neotamias bulleri
 * Cliff chipmunk, Neotamias dorsalis
 * Durango chipmunk, Neotamias durangae
 * Merriam's chipmunk, Neotamias merriami
 * California chipmunk, Neotamias obscurus
 * Genus: Spermophilus
 * Tropical ground squirrel, Spermophilus adocetus
 * Ring-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus annulatus
 * Baja California rock squirrel, Spermophilus atricapillus
 * California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi
 * Sierra Madre ground squirrel, Spermophilus madrensis
 * Mexican ground squirrel, Spermophilus mexicanus
 * Perote ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus perotensis
 * Spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma
 * Round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus
 * Rock squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus
 * Suborder: Castorimorpha
 * Family: Castoridae (beavers)
 * Genus: Castor
 * American beaver, Castor canadensis
 * Family: Geomyidae
 * Genus: Cratogeomys
 * Yellow-faced pocket gopher, Cratogeomys castanops
 * Oriental Basin pocket gopher, Cratogeomys fulvescens
 * Smoky pocket gopher, Cratogeomys fumosus
 * Goldman's pocket gopher, Cratogeomys goldmani
 * Merriam's pocket gopher, Cratogeomys merriami
 * Perote pocket gopher, Cratogeomys perotensis
 * Flat-headed pocket gopher, Cratogeomys planiceps
 * Genus: Geomys
 * Desert pocket gopher, Geomys arenarius
 * Texas pocket gopher, Geomys personatus
 * Tropical pocket gopher, Geomys tropicalis
 * Genus: Orthogeomys
 * Oaxacan pocket gopher, Orthogeomys cuniculus
 * Giant pocket gopher, Orthogeomys grandis
 * Hispid pocket gopher, Orthogeomys hispidus
 * Big pocket gopher, Orthogeomys lanius
 * Genus: Pappogeomys
 * Alcorn's pocket gopher, Pappogeomys alcorni
 * Buller's pocket gopher, Pappogeomys bulleri
 * Genus: Thomomys
 * Botta's pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae
 * Southern pocket gopher, Thomomys umbrinus
 * Genus: Zygogeomys
 * Michoacan pocket gopher, Zygogeomys trichopus
 * Family: Heteromyidae
 * Subfamily: Dipodomyinae
 * Genus: Dipodomys
 * Agile kangaroo rat, Dipodomys agilis
 * Gulf Coast kangaroo rat, Dipodomys compactus
 * Desert kangaroo rat, Dipodomys deserti
 * San Quintin kangaroo rat, Dipodomys gravipes
 * San Jose Island kangaroo rat, Dipodomys insularis
 * Margarita Island kangaroo rat, Dipodomys margaritae
 * Merriam's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys merriami
 * Nelson's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys nelsoni
 * Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii
 * Phillips's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii
 * Dulzura kangaroo rat, Dipodomys simulans
 * Banner-tailed kangaroo rat, Dipodomys spectabilis
 * Subfamily: Heteromyinae
 * Genus: Heteromys
 * Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys desmarestianus
 * Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys gaumeri
 * Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys irroratus
 * Nelson's spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys nelsoni
 * Painted spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys pictus
 * Salvin's spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys salvini
 * Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys spectabilis
 * Subfamily: Perognathinae
 * Genus: Chaetodipus
 * Little desert pocket mouse, Chaetodipus arenarius
 * Narrow-skulled pocket mouse, Chaetodipus artus
 * Bailey's pocket mouse, Chaetodipus baileyi
 * California pocket mouse, Chaetodipus californicus
 * Dalquest's pocket mouse, Chaetodipus dalquesti
 * Chihuahuan pocket mouse, Chaetodipus eremicus
 * San Diego pocket mouse, Chaetodipus fallax
 * Long-tailed pocket mouse, Chaetodipus formosus
 * Goldman's pocket mouse, Chaetodipus goldmani
 * Hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus
 * Rock pocket mouse, Chaetodipus intermedius
 * Lined pocket mouse, Chaetodipus lineatus
 * Nelson's pocket mouse, Chaetodipus nelsoni
 * Desert pocket mouse, Chaetodipus penicillatus
 * Sinaloan pocket mouse, Chaetodipus pernix
 * Baja pocket mouse, Chaetodipus rudinoris
 * Spiny pocket mouse, Chaetodipus spinatus
 * Genus: Perognathus
 * Arizona pocket mouse, Perognathus amplus
 * Plains pocket mouse, Perognathus flavescens
 * Silky pocket mouse, Perognathus flavus
 * Little pocket mouse, Perognathus longimembris
 * Merriam's pocket mouse, Perognathus merriami
 * Suborder: Myomorpha
 * Family: Cricetidae
 * Subfamily: Arvicolinae
 * Genus: Microtus
 * California vole, Microtus californicus
 * Guatemalan vole, Microtus guatemalensis
 * Mexican vole, Microtus mexicanus
 * Tarabundí vole, Microtus oaxacensis
 * Western meadow vole, Microtus drummondii extirpated
 * Jalapan pine vole, Microtus quasiater
 * Zempoaltépec vole, Microtus umbrosus
 * Genus: Ondatra
 * Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
 * Subfamily: Tylomyinae
 * Genus: Nyctomys
 * Sumichrast's vesper rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti
 * Genus: Otonyctomys
 * Hatt's vesper rat, Otonyctomys hatti
 * Genus: Ototylomys
 * Big-eared climbing rat, Ototylomys phyllotis
 * Genus: Tylomys
 * Chiapan climbing rat, Tylomys bullaris
 * Peters's climbing rat, Tylomys nudicaudus
 * Tumbala climbing rat, Tylomys tumbalensis
 * Subfamily: Neotominae
 * Genus: Baiomys
 * Southern pygmy mouse, Baiomys musculus
 * Northern pygmy mouse, Baiomys taylori
 * Genus: Habromys
 * Chinanteco deer mouse, Habromys chinanteco
 * Delicate deer mouse, Habromys delicatulus
 * Ixtlán deer mouse, Habromys ixtlani
 * Zempoaltepec deer mouse, Habromys lepturus
 * Crested-tailed deer mouse, Habromys lophurus
 * Habromys schmidlyi
 * Jico deer mouse, Habromys simulatus
 * Genus: Hodomys
 * Allen's wood rat, Hodomys alleni
 * Genus: Megadontomys
 * Oaxaca giant deer mouse, Megadontomys cryophilus
 * Nelson's giant deer mouse, Megadontomys nelsoni
 * Thomas's giant deer mouse, Megadontomys thomasi
 * Genus: Nelsonia
 * Goldman's diminutive woodrat, Nelsonia goldmani
 * Diminutive woodrat, Nelsonia neotomodon
 * Genus: Neotoma
 * White-throated woodrat, Neotoma albigula
 * Turner Island woodrat, N. b. varia
 * Tamaulipan woodrat, Neotoma angustapalata
 * Bryant's woodrat, Neotoma bryanti
 * Anthony's woodrat, N. b. anthonyi
 * Bunker's woodrat, N. b. bunkeri
 * San Martin Island woodrat, N. b. martinensis
 * Arizona woodrat, Neotoma devia
 * Dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes
 * Goldman's woodrat, Neotoma goldmani
 * Desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida
 * White-toothed woodrat, Neotoma leucodon
 * Angel de la Guarda woodrat, Neotoma insularis
 * Big-eared woodrat, Neotoma macrotis
 * Mexican woodrat, Neotoma mexicana
 * Southern plains woodrat, Neotoma micropus
 * Nelson's woodrat, Neotoma nelsoni
 * Bolaños woodrat, Neotoma palatina
 * Sonoran woodrat, Neotoma phenax
 * Genus: Neotomodon
 * Mexican volcano mouse, Neotomodon alstoni
 * Genus: Osgoodomys
 * Michoacan deer mouse, Osgoodomys banderanus
 * Genus: Peromyscus
 * Aztec mouse, Peromyscus aztecus
 * Orizaba deer mouse, Peromyscus beatae
 * Brush mouse, Peromyscus boylii
 * Perote mouse, Peromyscus bullatus
 * California mouse, Peromyscus californicus
 * Burt's deer mouse, Peromyscus caniceps
 * Canyon mouse, Peromyscus crinitus
 * Dickey's deer mouse, Peromyscus dickeyi
 * Zacatecan deer mouse, Peromyscus difficilis
 * Cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus
 * Eva's desert mouse, Peromyscus eva
 * Northern Baja deer mouse, Peromyscus fraterculus
 * Blackish deer mouse, Peromyscus furvus
 * Osgood's mouse, Peromyscus gratus
 * Angel Island mouse, Peromyscus guardia
 * Guatemalan deer mouse, Peromyscus guatemalensis
 * Naked-eared deer mouse, Peromyscus gymnotis
 * Hooper's mouse, Peromyscus hooperi
 * Transvolcanic deer mouse, Peromyscus hylocetes
 * San Lorenzo mouse, Peromyscus interparietalis
 * White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
 * Nimble-footed mouse, Peromyscus levipes
 * Tres Marias Island mouse, Peromyscus madrensis
 * Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus
 * Brown deer mouse, Peromyscus megalops
 * Puebla deer mouse, Peromyscus mekisturus
 * Zempoaltepec, Peromyscus melanocarpus
 * Plateau mouse, Peromyscus melanophrys
 * Black-eared mouse, Peromyscus melanotis
 * Black-tailed mouse, Peromyscus melanurus
 * Mesquite mouse, Peromyscus merriami
 * Mexican deer mouse, Peromyscus mexicanus
 * Northern rock mouse, Peromyscus nasutus
 * El Carrizo deer mouse, Peromyscus ochraventer
 * White-ankled mouse, Peromyscus pectoralis
 * Pemberton's deer mouse, Peromyscus pembertoni
 * Tawny deer mouse, Peromyscus perfulvus
 * Chihuahuan mouse, Peromyscus polius
 * False canyon mouse, Peromyscus pseudocrinitus
 * La Palma field mouse, Peromyscus sagax
 * Schmidly's deer mouse, Peromyscus schmidlyi
 * Santa Cruz mouse, Peromyscus sejugis
 * Nayarit mouse, Peromyscus simulus
 * Slevin's mouse, Peromyscus slevini
 * Gleaning mouse, Peromyscus spicilegus
 * San Esteban Island mouse, Peromyscus stephani
 * Pinyon mouse, Peromyscus truei
 * Winkelmann's mouse, Peromyscus winkelmanni
 * Yucatan deer mouse, Peromyscus yucatanicus
 * Chiapan deer mouse, Peromyscus zarhynchus
 * Genus: Reithrodontomys
 * Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys bakeri
 * Sonoran harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys burti
 * Volcano harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys chrysopsis
 * Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
 * Slender harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys gracilis
 * Hairy harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys hirsutus
 * Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
 * Mexican harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus
 * Small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys microdon
 * Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
 * Cozumel harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys spectabilis
 * Sumichrast's harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys sumichrasti
 * Narrow-nosed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys tenuirostris
 * Zacatecas harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys zacatecae
 * Genus: Scotinomys
 * Alston's brown mouse, Scotinomys teguina
 * Genus: Xenomys
 * Magdalena rat, Xenomys nelsoni
 * Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
 * Genus: Handleyomys
 * Alfaro's rice rat, Handleyomys alfaroi
 * Chapman's rice rat, Handleyomys chapmani
 * Black-eared rice rat, Handleyomys melanotis
 * Striped rice rat, Handleyomys rhabdops
 * Long-nosed rice rat, Handleyomys rostratus
 * Cloud forest rice rat, Handleyomys saturatior
 * Genus: Oligoryzomys
 * Fulvous pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys fulvescens
 * Genus: Onychomys
 * Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse, Onychomys arenicola
 * Northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster
 * Southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus
 * Genus: Oryzomys
 * White-bellied rice rat, Oryzomys albiventer
 * Coues' rice rat, Oryzomys couesi
 * Nelson's rice rat, Oryzomys nelsoni
 * Marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
 * Lower California rice rat, Oryzomys peninsulae
 * Genus: Rheomys
 * Mexican water mouse, Rheomys mexicanus
 * Thomas's water mouse, Rheomys thomasi
 * Genus: Sigmodon
 * Allen's cotton rat, Sigmodon alleni
 * Arizona cotton rat, Sigmodon arizonae
 * Tawny-bellied cotton rat, Sigmodon fulviventer
 * Southern cotton rat, Sigmodon hirsutus
 * Hispid cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus presence uncertain
 * White-eared cotton rat, Sigmodon leucotis
 * Jaliscan cotton rat, Sigmodon mascotensis
 * Yellow-nosed cotton rat, Sigmodon ochrognathus
 * Miahuatlán cotton rat, Sigmodon planifrons
 * Toltec cotton rat, Sigmodon toltecus

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)


The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. The endangered volcano rabbit of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt is the world's second smallest rabbit. In North America, pikas are not found south of southern California and northern New Mexico.


 * Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
 * Genus: Romerolagus
 * Volcano rabbit, R. diazi
 * Genus: Sylvilagus
 * Desert cottontail, S. audubonii
 * Brush rabbit, S. bachmani
 * San Jose brush rabbit, S. b. mansuetus
 * Mexican cottontail, S. cunicularius
 * Eastern cottontail, S. floridanus
 * Central American tapetí, S. gabbi
 * Tres Marias cottontail, S. graysoni
 * Robust cottontail, S. holzneri presence uncertain
 * Omilteme cottontail, S. insonus
 * Genus: Lepus
 * Antelope jackrabbit, L. alleni
 * Tamaulipas jackrabbit, L. altamirae
 * Black-tailed jackrabbit, L. californicus
 * White-sided jackrabbit, L. callotis
 * Tehuantepec jackrabbit, L. flavigularis
 * Black jackrabbit, L. insularis

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. In the Americas, moles are not present south of the northernmost tier of Mexican states, where they are rare.


 * Family: Soricidae (shrews)
 * Subfamily: Soricinae
 * Tribe: Blarinini
 * Genus: Cryptotis
 * Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew, Cryptotis alticola DD
 * Goldman's broad-clawed shrew, Cryptotis goldmani LC
 * Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew, Cryptotis goodwini LC
 * Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew, Cryptotis griseoventris EN
 * Big Mexican small-eared shrew, Cryptotis magna VU
 * Yucatan small-eared shrew, Cryptotis mayensis LC
 * Merriam's small-eared shrew, Cryptotis merriami LC
 * Mexican small-eared shrew, Cryptotis mexicana LC
 * Nelson's small-eared shrew, Cryptotis nelsoni CR
 * Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, Cryptotis obscura LC
 * North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva LC
 * Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew, Cryptotis peregrina DD
 * Phillips' small-eared shrew, Cryptotis phillipsii VU
 * Tropical small-eared shrew, Cryptotis tropicalis DD
 * Tribe: Notiosoricini
 * Genus: Megasorex
 * Mexican shrew, Megasorex gigas LC
 * Genus: Notiosorex
 * Cockrum's gray shrew, Notiosorex cockrumi LC
 * Crawford's gray shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi LC
 * Large-eared gray shrew, Notiosorex evotis LC
 * Villa's gray shrew, Notiosorex villai VU
 * Tribe: Soricini
 * Genus: Sorex
 * Arizona shrew, Sorex arizonae LC
 * Zacatecas shrew, Sorex emarginatus LC
 * Sorex ixtlanensis DD
 * Large-toothed shrew, Sorex macrodon VU
 * Sorex mediopua LC
 * Carmen Mountain shrew, Sorex milleri VU
 * Montane shrew, Sorex monticolus LC
 * Mexican long-tailed shrew, Sorex oreopolus LC
 * Orizaba long-tailed shrew, Sorex orizabae LC
 * Ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus LC
 * Saussure's shrew, Sorex saussurei LC
 * Sclater's shrew, Sorex sclateri CR
 * San Cristobal shrew, Sorex stizodon CR
 * Chestnut-bellied shrew, Sorex ventralis LC
 * Veracruz shrew, Sorex veraecrucis LC
 * Verapaz shrew, Sorex veraepacis LC
 * Family: Talpidae (moles)
 * Subfamily: Scalopinae
 * Tribe: Scalopini
 * Genus: Scalopus
 * Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus LC
 * Genus: Scapanus
 * Southern broad-footed mole, Scapanus occultus
 * Mexican mole, Scapanus anthonyi

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
 * Lesser bulldog bat, Noctilio albiventris LC
 * Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus LC
 * Family: Vespertilionidae
 * Subfamily: Myotinae
 * Genus: Lasionycteris
 * Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans LC
 * Genus: Myotis
 * Silver-tipped myotis, Myotis albescens LC
 * Southwestern myotis, Myotis auriculus LC
 * California myotis, Myotis californicus LC
 * Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum LC
 * Elegant myotis, Myotis elegans LC
 * Long-eared myotis, Myotis evotis LC
 * Findley's myotis, Myotis findleyi EN
 * Cinnamon myotis, Myotis fortidens LC
 * Hairy-legged myotis, Myotis keaysi LC
 * Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus LC
 * Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, Myotis melanorhinus LC
 * Black myotis, Myotis nigricans LC
 * Arizona myotis, Myotis occultus LC
 * Peninsular myotis, Myotis peninsularis EN
 * Flat-headed myotis, Myotis planiceps EN
 * Fringed myotis, Myotis thysanodes LC
 * Cave myotis, Myotis velifer LC
 * Fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi VU
 * Long-legged myotis, Myotis volans LC
 * Yuma myotis, Myotis yumanensis LC
 * Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
 * Genus: Antrozous
 * Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus LC
 * Genus: Bauerus
 * Van Gelder's bat, Bauerus dubiaquercus NT
 * Genus: Corynorhinus
 * Mexican big-eared bat, Corynorhinus mexicanus NT
 * Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii LC
 * Genus: Eptesicus
 * Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis LC
 * Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis LC
 * Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
 * Genus: Euderma
 * Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum LC
 * Genus: Idionycteris
 * Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis LC
 * Genus: Lasiurus
 * Desert red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii LC
 * Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis LC
 * Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus LC
 * Southern yellow bat, Lasiurus ega LC
 * Northern yellow bat, Lasiurus intermedius LC
 * Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus LC
 * Western yellow bat, Lasiurus xanthinus LC
 * Genus: Nycticeius
 * Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis LC
 * Genus: Pipistrellus
 * Western pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperus LC
 * Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus LC
 * Genus: Rhogeessa
 * Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aeneus LC
 * Allen's yellow bat, Rhogeessa alleni LC
 * Genoways's yellow bat, Rhogeessa genowaysi EN
 * Slender yellow bat, Rhogeessa gracilis LC
 * Least yellow bat, Rhogeessa mira VU
 * Little yellow bat, Rhogeessa parvula LC
 * Black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida LC
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Cynomops
 * Mexican dog-faced bat, Cynomops mexicanus LC
 * Genus: Eumops
 * Black bonneted bat, Eumops auripendulus LC
 * Dwarf bonneted bat, Eumops bonariensis LC
 * Wagner's bonneted bat, Eumops glaucinus LC
 * Sanborn's bonneted bat, Eumops hansae LC
 * Western mastiff bat, Eumops perotis LC
 * Underwood's bonneted bat, Eumops underwoodi LC
 * Genus: Molossus
 * Aztec mastiff bat, Molossus aztecus LC
 * Coiban mastiff bat, Molossus coibensis LC
 * Velvety free-tailed bat, Molossus molossus LC
 * Miller's mastiff bat, Molossus pretiosus LC
 * Black mastiff bat, Molossus rufus LC
 * Sinaloan mastiff bat, Molossus sinaloae LC
 * Genus: Nyctinomops
 * Peale's free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops aurispinosus LC
 * Pocketed free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus LC
 * Broad-eared bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus LC
 * Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis LC
 * Genus: Promops
 * Big crested mastiff bat, Promops centralis LC
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis LC
 * Family: Emballonuridae
 * Genus: Balantiopteryx
 * Thomas's sac-winged bat, Balantiopteryx io VU
 * Gray sac-winged bat, Balantiopteryx plicata LC
 * Genus: Centronycteris
 * Thomas's shaggy bat, Centronycteris centralis LC
 * Genus: Diclidurus
 * Northern ghost bat, Diclidurus albus LC
 * Genus: Peropteryx
 * Greater dog-like bat, Peropteryx kappleri LC
 * Lesser doglike bat, Peropteryx macrotis LC
 * Genus: Rhynchonycteris
 * Proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso LC
 * Genus: Saccopteryx
 * Greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata LC
 * Lesser sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx leptura LC
 * Family: Mormoopidae
 * Genus: Mormoops
 * Ghost-faced bat, Mormoops megalophylla LC
 * Genus: Pteronotus
 * Davy's naked-backed bat, Pteronotus davyi LC
 * Big naked-backed bat, Pteronotus gymnonotus LC
 * Parnell's mustached bat, Pteronotus parnellii LC
 * Wagner's mustached bat, Pteronotus personatus LC
 * Family: Phyllostomidae
 * Subfamily: Phyllostominae
 * Genus: Chrotopterus
 * Big-eared woolly bat, Chrotopterus auritus LC
 * Genus: Glyphonycteris
 * Tricolored big-eared bat, Glyphonycteris sylvestris LC
 * Genus: Lampronycteris
 * Yellow-throated big-eared bat, Lampronycteris brachyotis LC
 * Genus: Lonchorhina
 * Tomes's sword-nosed bat, Lonchorhina aurita LC
 * Genus: Lophostoma
 * Pygmy round-eared bat, Lophostoma brasiliense LC
 * Davis's round-eared bat, Lophostoma evotis LC
 * Genus: Macrophyllum
 * Long-legged bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum LC
 * Genus: Macrotus
 * California leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus californicus LC
 * Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus waterhousii LC
 * Genus: Micronycteris
 * Common big-eared bat, Micronycteris microtis LC
 * Schmidts's big-eared bat, Micronycteris schmidtorum LC
 * Genus: Mimon
 * Cozumelan golden bat, Mimon cozumelae LC
 * Striped hairy-nosed bat, Mimon crenulatum LC
 * Genus: Phylloderma
 * Pale-faced bat, Phylloderma stenops LC
 * Genus: Phyllostomus
 * Pale spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus discolor LC
 * Genus: Tonatia
 * Stripe-headed round-eared bat, Tonatia saurophila LC
 * Genus: Trachops
 * Fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus LC
 * Genus: Trinycteris
 * Niceforo's big-eared bat, Trinycteris nicefori LC
 * Genus: Vampyrum
 * Spectral bat, Vampyrum spectrum NT
 * Subfamily: Glossophaginae
 * Genus: Anoura
 * Geoffroy's tailless bat, Anoura geoffroyi LC
 * Genus: Choeroniscus
 * Godman's long-tailed bat, Choeroniscus godmani LC
 * Genus: Choeronycteris
 * Mexican long-tongued bat, Choeronycteris mexicana NT
 * Genus: Glossophaga
 * Commissaris's long-tongued bat, Glossophaga commissarisi LC
 * Gray long-tongued bat, Glossophaga leachii LC
 * Western long-tongued bat, Glossophaga morenoi LC
 * Pallas's long-tongued bat, Glossophaga soricina LC
 * Genus: Hylonycteris
 * Underwood's long-tongued bat, Hylonycteris underwoodi LC
 * Genus: Leptonycteris
 * Greater long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis EN
 * Lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae VU
 * Genus: Lichonycteris
 * Dark long-tongued bat, Lichonycteris obscura LC
 * Genus: Musonycteris
 * Banana bat, Musonycteris harrisoni VU
 * Subfamily: Carolliinae
 * Genus: Carollia
 * Seba's short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata LC
 * Sowell's short-tailed bat, Carollia sowelli LC
 * Gray short-tailed bat, Carollia subrufa LC
 * Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
 * Genus: Artibeus
 * Hairy fruit-eating bat, Artibeus hirsutus LC
 * Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis LC
 * Great fruit-eating bat, Artibeus lituratus LC
 * Genus: Centurio
 * Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio senex LC
 * Genus: Chiroderma
 * Salvin's big-eyed bat, Chiroderma salvini LC
 * Hairy big-eyed bat, Chiroderma villosum LC
 * Genus: Dermanura
 * Aztec fruit-eating bat, Dermanura azteca LC
 * Pygmy fruit-eating bat, Dermanura phaeotis LC
 * Toltec fruit-eating bat, Dermanura tolteca LC
 * Thomas's fruit-eating bat, Dermanura watsoni LC
 * Genus: Enchisthenes
 * Velvety fruit-eating bat, Enchisthenes hartii LC
 * Genus: Platyrrhinus
 * Heller's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus helleri LC
 * Genus: Sturnira
 * Little yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira lilium LC
 * Highland yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira ludovici LC
 * Genus: Uroderma
 * Tent-making bat, Uroderma bilobatum LC
 * Brown tent-making bat, Uroderma magnirostrum LC
 * Genus: Vampyressa
 * Northern little yellow-eared bat, Vampyressa thyone LC
 * Genus: Vampyrodes
 * Great stripe-faced bat, Vampyrodes caraccioli LC
 * Subfamily: Desmodontinae
 * Genus: Desmodus
 * Common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus LC
 * Genus: Diaemus
 * White-winged vampire bat, Diaemus youngi LC
 * Genus: Diphylla
 * Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata LC
 * Family: Natalidae
 * Genus: Natalus
 * Natalus lanatus LC
 * Mexican greater funnel-eared bat, Natalus mexicanus LC
 * Family: Thyropteridae
 * Genus: Thyroptera
 * Spix's disk-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor LC

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. Mexico has more native mephitids than any other country, with two thirds of extant species being present. Only Costa Rica and Panama have more procyonid species (one more) than Mexico (it is tied with Colombia in this respect). Large extinct carnivorans that lived in the area prior to the coming of humans include the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis, the scimitar cat Homotherium serum, American lions, American cheetahs, dire wolves and short-faced bears.


 * Suborder: Feliformia
 * Family: Felidae (cats)
 * Subfamily: Felinae
 * Genus: Herpailurus
 * Jaguarundi, H. yagouaroundi
 * Genus: Leopardus
 * Ocelot, L. pardalis
 * Margay, L. wiedii
 * Genus: Lynx
 * Bobcat, L. rufus
 * Genus: Puma
 * Cougar, P. concolor
 * Subfamily: Pantherinae
 * Genus: Panthera
 * Jaguar, P. onca
 * Suborder: Caniformia
 * Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
 * Genus: Canis
 * Coyote, C. latrans
 * Gray wolf, C. lupus reintroduced
 * Mexican wolf, C. l. baileyi reintroduced
 * Genus: Urocyon
 * Gray fox, U. cinereoargenteus
 * Genus: Vulpes
 * Kit fox, V. macrotis
 * Family: Ursidae (bears)
 * Genus: Ursus
 * American black bear, U. americanus
 * Brown bear, U. arctos extirpated
 * Mexican grizzly bear, U. a. horribilis
 * Family: Mephitidae
 * Genus: Conepatus
 * American hog-nosed skunk, C. leuconotus
 * Striped hog-nosed skunk, C. semistriatus
 * Genus: Mephitis
 * Hooded skunk, M. macroura
 * Striped skunk, M. mephitis
 * Genus: Spilogale
 * Southern spotted skunk, S. angustifrons
 * Western spotted skunk, S. gracilis
 * Eastern spotted skunk, S. putorius
 * Pygmy spotted skunk, S. pygmaea
 * Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
 * Genus: Eira
 * Tayra, E. barbara
 * Genus: Enhydra
 * Sea otter, E. lutris
 * Genus: Galictis
 * Greater grison, G. vittata
 * Genus: Lontra
 * North American river otter, L. canadensis presence uncertain
 * Neotropical river otter, L. longicaudis
 * Genus: Mustela
 * Black-footed ferret, M. nigripes extirpated
 * Genus: Neogale
 * Long-tailed weasel, N. frenata
 * Genus: Taxidea
 * American badger, T. taxus
 * Family: Procyonidae (raccoons)
 * Genus: Bassariscus
 * Ringtail, B. astutus
 * Cacomistle, B. sumichrasti
 * Genus: Nasua
 * White-nosed coati, N. narica
 * Cozumel Island coati, N. n. nelsoni
 * Genus: Potos
 * Kinkajou, P. flavus
 * Genus: Procyon
 * Common raccoon, P. lotor
 * Tres Marias raccoon, P. l. insularis
 * Cozumel raccoon, P. pygmaeus
 * Clade Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walruses)
 * Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions)
 * Genus: Arctocephalus
 * Galápagos fur seal, A. galapagoensis vagrant
 * Guadalupe fur seal, A. townsendi
 * Genus: Callorhinus
 * Northern fur seal, C. ursinus
 * Genus: Zalophus
 * California sea lion, Z. californianus
 * Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
 * Genus: Mirounga
 * Northern elephant seal, M. angustirostris
 * Southern elephant seal, M. leonina vagrant
 * Genus: Neomonachus
 * Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis
 * Genus: Phoca
 * Harbor seal, P. vitulina

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)


The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe. Tapirids were more widespread before humans appeared, formerly being present in temperate North America as well as the tropical regions they are found in today. Native equids once lived in the region, having evolved in North America over a period of 50 million years, but died out around the time of the first arrival of humans, along with at least one ungulate of South American origin, the notoungulate Mixotoxodon. Sequencing of collagen from a fossil of one recently extinct notoungulate has indicated that this order was closer to the perissodactyls than any extant mammal order.


 * Family: Equidae
 * Genus: Equus
 * Wild horse, Equus ferus extirpated
 * Domestic horse, E. f. caballus introduced


 * Family: Tapiridae (tapirs)
 * Genus: Tapirus
 * Baird's tapir, T. bairdii

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)


The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 noncetacean artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. All of Mexico's extant ungulates are of Nearctic origin. Prior to the arrival of humans, camelids, which evolved in North America, also lived in the region, as did additional antilocaprids (e.g., Capromeryx minor).


 * Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
 * Genus: Dicotyles
 * Collared peccary, D. tajacu
 * Genus: Tayassu
 * White-lipped peccary, T. pecari
 * Family: Cervidae (deer)
 * Subfamily: Cervinae
 * Genus: Cervus
 * Elk, C. canadensis extirpated
 * Merriam's elk, C. c. merriami
 * Subfamily: Capreolinae
 * Genus: Mazama
 * Central American red brocket, M. temama
 * Genus: Odocoileus
 * Mule deer, O. hemionus
 * Yucatan brown brocket, O. pandora
 * White-tailed deer, O. virginianus
 * Family: Antilocapridae (pronghorn)
 * Genus: Antilocapra
 * Pronghorn, A. americana reintroduced
 * Mexican pronghorn, A. a. mexicana
 * Baja California pronghorn, A. a. peninsularis
 * Sonoran pronghorn, A. a. sonoriensis
 * Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
 * Subfamily: Bovinae
 * Genus: Bison
 * American bison, B. bison reintroduced
 * Plains bison, B. b. bison reintroduced
 * Genus: Boselaphus
 * Nilgai, B. tragocamelus introduced
 * Subfamily: Caprinae
 * Genus: Ovis
 * Bighorn sheep, O. canadensis
 * Desert bighorn sheep, O. c. nelsoni

Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)


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. Their closest extant relatives are the hippos, which are artiodactyls, from which cetaceans descended; cetaceans are thus also artiodactyls. Lagoons on the coast of Baja California Sur provide calving grounds for the eastern Pacific population of gray whales. The vaquita of the northern Gulf of California is the world's smallest and most endangered cetacean.


 * Parvorder: Mysticeti
 * Family: Balaenopteridae
 * Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Northern minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
 * Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis  EN
 * Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD critically endangered population in Gulf of Mexico
 * Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
 * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
 * Northern fin whale, B. p. physalus VU
 * Subfamily: Megapterinae
 * Genus: Megaptera
 * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
 * Family: Eschrichtiidae
 * Genus: Eschrichtius
 * Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus LC
 * Family: Balaenidae
 * Genus: Eubalaena
 * North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica CR extremely rare
 * North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis CR possibly seen historically
 * Parvorder: Odontoceti
 * Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
 * Family: Kogiidae
 * Genus: Kogia
 * Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
 * Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
 * Family: Ziphidae
 * Genus: Ziphius
 * Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC
 * Genus: Berardius
 * Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii DD
 * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
 * Genus: Indopacetus
 * Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus pacificus DD
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
 * Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus DD
 * Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
 * Pygmy beaked whale, Mesoplodon peruvianus DD
 * Superfamily: Delphinoidea
 * Family: Phocoenidae (porpoises)
 * Genus: Phocoena
 * Vaquita, P. sinus
 * Genus: Phocoenoides
 * Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli LC
 * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
 * Genus: Steno
 * Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
 * Genus: Tursiops
 * Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
 * Genus: Stenella
 * Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
 * Clymene dolphin, Stenella clymene DD
 * Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
 * Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis DD
 * Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris DD
 * Genus: Delphinus
 * Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis DD
 * Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
 * Genus: Lagenodelphis
 * Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
 * Genus: Lissodelphis
 * Northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis LC
 * Genus: Sagmatias
 * Pacific white-sided dolphin, Sagmatias obliquidens LC
 * Genus: Grampus
 * Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
 * Genus: Peponocephala
 * Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
 * Genus: Feresa
 * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
 * Genus: Pseudorca
 * False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
 * Genus: Orcinus
 * Orca, Orcinus orca DD
 * Genus: Globicephala
 * Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD