title: List of mammals of Samoa
text: # List of mammals of Samoa
  
  This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Samoa. There are nine mammal species in Samoa, of which one is endangered and two are vulnerable.
  
  ## 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: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
     * Subfamily: Pteropodinae
        * Genus: Pteropus
           * Samoa flying-fox, Pteropus samoensis VU
           * Insular flying-fox, Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
  * Family: Vespertilionidae
     * Subfamily: Myotinae
        * Genus: Myotis
           * Insular myotis, Myotis insularum DD
  * Family: Emballonuridae
     * Genus: Emballonura
        * Polynesian sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura semicaudata EN
  
  ## 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
        * Subfamily: Megapterinae
           * Genus: Megaptera
              * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
  * Suborder: Odontoceti
     * Superfamily: Platanistoidea
        * Family: Ziphidae
           * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
              * Genus: Mesoplodon
                 * Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
        * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
           * Genus: Tursiops
              * Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus DD
           * Genus: Stenella
              * Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LR/cd
           * Genus: Lagenodelphis
              * Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei DD
  