List of mammals of the Falkland Islands

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Falkland Islands. There are 28 mammal species in and around the Falkland Islands, of which two are endangered and two are vulnerable. The Falkland Island wolf is the only species on the islands which has gone extinct.

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

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:

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: Molossidae
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * Mexican free-tailed bat, T. brasiliensis

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 LR/cd
 * Family: Balaenopteridae
 * Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Sei whale, B. borealis EN
 * Southern sei whale, B. b. schlegelii
 * Blue whale, B. musculus EN
 * Southern blue whale, B. m. intermedia
 * Fin whale, B. physalus VU
 * Southern fin whale, B. p. quoyi
 * Subfamily: Megapterinae
 * Genus: Megaptera
 * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
 * Family: Neobalaenidae
 * Genus: Caperea
 * Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata LR/lc
 * Suborder: Odontoceti
 * Superfamily: Platanistoidea
 * Family: Phocoenidae
 * Genus: Phocoena
 * Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica DD
 * Family: Physeteridae
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
 * Family: Ziphidae
 * Genus: Ziphius
 * Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris DD
 * Genus: Berardius
 * Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
 * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
 * Genus: Hyperoodon
 * Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
 * Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori DD
 * Layard's beaked whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
 * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
 * Genus: Cephalorhynchus
 * Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii DD
 * Genus: Lagenorhynchus
 * Peale's dolphin, Lagenorhynchus australis DD
 * Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LR/lc
 * Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus DD
 * Genus: Lissodelphis
 * Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii DD
 * Genus: Orcinus
 * Orca, Orcinus orca LR/cd
 * Genus: Globicephala
 * Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD

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: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
 * Genus: Dusicyon
 * Falkland Island wolf, D. australis EX
 * Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
 * Genus: Arctophoca
 * South American fur seal, Arctophoca australis LR/lc
 * Genus: Otaria
 * South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens LR/lc
 * Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
 * Genus: Hydrurga
 * Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LR/lc
 * Genus: Leptonychotes
 * Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LR/lc
 * Genus: Lobodon
 * Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus LR/lc
 * Genus: Mirounga
 * Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LR/lc
 * Family: Mustelidae
 * Genus: Lontra (otters)
 * Marine otter, Lontra felina, EX (occasional vagrant sightings from Patagonia.)

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
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 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.


 * Family: Cervidae (deer)
 * Subfamily: Capreolinae
 * Genus: Rangifer
 * Reindeer, R. tarandus introduced
 * Family: Camelidae (camelids)
 * Genus: Lama
 * Guanaco, L. guanicoe introduced