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List of mammals of Cuba

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cuba. Of the mammal species in Cuba, five of the species listed 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 VU

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 (99 lb).

Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Family: Echimyidae
  - Subfamily: Heteropsomyinae
    - Genus: Boromys
      - Oriente cave rat, B. offella EX
      - Torre's cave rat, B. torrei EX
- Family: Dasyproctidae
  - Genus: Dasyprocta
    - Mexican agouti, D. mexicana CR introduced
    - Central American agouti, D. punctata LC introduced
- Family: Cuniculidae
  - Genus: Cuniculus
    - Lowland paca, C. paca LC introduced
- Family: Capromyidae
  - Subfamily: Capromyinae
    - Genus: Capromys
      - Desmarest's hutia, C. pilorides LC
    - Genus: Geocapromys
      - Cuban coney, G. columbianus EX
    - Genus: Mesocapromys
      - Cabrera's hutia, M. angelcabrerai EN
      - Eared hutia, M. auritus EN
      - Dwarf hutia, M. nanus CR, possibly EX
      - San Felipe hutia, M. sanfelipensis CR, possibly EX
    - Genus: Mysateles
      - Garrido's hutia, M. garridoi CR, possibly EX
      - Gundlach's hutia, M. gundlachi VU
      - Black-tailed hutia, M. melanurus VU
      - Southern hutia, M. meridionalis CR
      - Prehensile-tailed hutia, M. prehensilis NT
Suborder: Muridae
- Family: Muridae
  - Genus: Mus
    - House mouse, M. musculus LC introduced
  - Genus: Rattus
    - Brown rat, R. norvegicus LC introduced
    - Black rat, R. rattus LC introduced

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
  - Western Cuban nesophontes, N. micrus EX
Family: Solenodontidae
- Genus: Atopogale
  - Cuban solenodon, A. cubana EN

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, N. leporinus LC
Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  - Genus: Antrozous
    - Pallid bat, A. pallidus LC
  - Genus: Eptesicus
    - Big brown bat, E. fuscus LC
  - Genus: Lasiurus
    - Eastern red bat, L. borealis LC
Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Eumops
  - Wagner's bonneted bat, E. glaucinus LC
- Genus: Mormopterus
  - Little goblin bat, M. minutus VU
- Genus: Nyctinomops
  - Broad-eared bat, N. laticaudatus LC
  - Big free-tailed bat, N. macrotis LC
- Genus: Tadarida
  - Mexican free-tailed bat, T. brasiliensis LC
Family: Mormoopidae
- Genus: Mormoops
  - Antillean ghost-faced bat, M. blainvillii LC
- Genus: Pteronotus
  - Macleay's mustached bat, P. macleayii LC
  - Parnell's mustached bat, P. parnellii LC
  - Sooty mustached bat, P. quadridens LC
Family: Phyllostomidae
- Subfamily: Phyllostominae
  - Genus: Macrotus
    - Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, M. waterhousii LC
- Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
  - Genus: Brachyphylla
    - Cuban fruit-eating bat, B. nana LC
- Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
  - Genus: Erophylla
    - Buffy flower bat, E. sezekorni LC
  - Genus: Phyllonycteris
    - Cuban flower bat, P. poeyi LC
- Subfamily: Glossophaginae
  - Genus: Monophyllus
    - Leach's single leaf bat, M. redmani LC
- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
  - Genus: Artibeus
    - Jamaican fruit bat, A. jamaicensis LC
  - Genus: Phyllops
    - Cuban fig-eating bat, P. falcatus LC
Family: Natalidae
- Genus: Chilonatalus
  - Cuban funnel-eared bat, C. micropus NT
- Genus: Nyctiellus
  - Gervais's funnel-eared bat, N. lepidus LC

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)
- Family: Balaenidae
  - Genus: Eubalaena
    - North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis EN
  - Genus: Balaenoptera
    - Common minke whale, B. acutorostrata LC
    - Sei whale, B. borealis EN
    - Bryde's whale, B. brydei DD
    - Blue whale, B. musculus EN
  - Genus: Megaptera
    - Humpback whale, M. novaeangliae LC
Suborder: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  - Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
    - Genus: Delphinus
      - Short-beaked common dolphin, D. delphis LC
    - Genus: Feresa
      - Pygmy killer whale, F. attenuata DD
    - Genus: Globicephala
      - Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhyncus DD
    - Genus: Lagenodelphis
      - Fraser's dolphin, L. hosei LC
    - Genus: Grampus
      - Risso's dolphin, G. griseus LC
    - Genus: Orcinus
      - Killer whale, O. orca DD
    - Genus: Peponocephala
      - Melon-headed whale, P. electra DD
    - Genus: Pseudorca
      - False killer whale, P. crassidens DD
    - Genus: Stenella
      - Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
      - Clymene dolphin, S. clymene DD
      - Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba LC
      - Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis DD
      - Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris DD
    - Genus: Steno
      - Rough-toothed dolphin, S. bredanensis LC
    - Genus: Tursiops
      - Common bottlenose dolphin, T. truncatus LC
  - Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
    - Genus: Physeter
      - Sperm whale, P. macrocephalus VU
  - Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
    - Genus: Kogia
      - Pygmy sperm whale, K. breviceps DD
      - Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima DD
- Superfamily Ziphioidea
  - Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
    - Genus: Mesoplodon
      - Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus DD
      - Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris DD
      - True's beaked whale, M. mirus DD
    - Genus: Ziphius
      - Cuvier's beaked whale, Z. cavirostris LC

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

There are over 260 species of carnivores, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

Suborder: Procyonidae
- Family: Procyonidae
  - Genus: Procyon
    - Raccoon, P. lotor LC introduced, extirpated
- Family: Herpestidae
  - Genus: Urva
    - Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata LC introduced
Suborder: Caniformia
- Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
  - Genus: Neomonachus
    - Caribbean monk seal, N. tropicalis EX

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: Cervidae
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
  - Genus: Odocoileus
    - White-tailed deer, O. virginianus LC introduced
Family Suidae (pigs)
- Genus: Sus
  - Wild boar, S. scrofa LC introduced
Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
- Genus: Tayassu
  - White-lipped peccary, T. pecari VU introduced, extirpated

Notes

References

"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Cuba". IUCN. 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.