List of mammals of Kiribati

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Kiribati. There are 7 mammal species in Kiribati, all of which are marine mammals in the order Cetacea. None are thought to be at risk, but some have insufficient data collected on them to allow an assessment to be made.^[1]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

DD	Data Deficient	There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

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:

LR/cd	Lower Risk/conservation dependent	Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
LR/nt	Lower Risk/near threatened	Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
LR/lc	Lower Risk/least concern	Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

1 Subclass: Theria
- 1.1 Infraclass: Eutheria
  - 1.1.1 Order: Cetacea (whales)
2 Notes
3 References
4 See also

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

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: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  - Family: Kogiidae
    - - Genus: Kogia
        
        Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima LR/lc
  - Family: Ziphidae
    - Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
      - Genus: Mesoplodon
        
        Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
        
        Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
  - Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
    - Genus: Steno
      - Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
    - Genus: Stenella
      - Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris LR/cd
    - Genus: Lagenodelphis
      - Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
    - Genus: Feresa
      - Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata DD

Notes

^ This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institute, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.

References

"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Kiribati". IUCN. 2001. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?kingname=ANIMALIA&phyname=CHORDATA&claname=MAMMALIA&freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B0%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B0%5D=all&country%5B0%5D=KI&aquatic%5B0%5D=all&regions%5B0%5D=all&habitats%5B0%5D=all&threats%5B0%5D=all&Submit_x=34&Submit_y=9&extendedResults=0&terrestrial=0&marine=0&freshwater=0&offset=0&sortorder%5B0%5D=spcscientificname&sortorder%5B1%5D=genname&sortorder%5B2%5D=spcname&sortorder%5B3%5D=spcauthor&sortorder%5B4%5D=spcinfrarank&sortorder%5B5%5D=spcinfraepithet&sortorder%5B6%5D=spcinfrarankauthor&sortorder%5B7%5D=spcstockname&sortorder%5B8%5D=comname_comp&sortorder%5B9%5D=rlcabb&sortorder%5B10%5D=rlscriteria&sortorder%5B11%5D=poptrend_code&sortorder%5B12%5D=rlcatcrit2001&sortorder%5B13%5D=spcrecid&sortorder%5B14%5D=kingname&debug=0&taxa_subspc=0&taxa_stock=0&newsort=Genus. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070427043030/http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
"Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995-2006. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html. Retrieved 22 May 2007.