title: List of mammals of Tokelau
text: # List of mammals of Tokelau
  
  This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Tokelau. There are five mammal species in the waters off Tokelau, all of which are of the order Cetacea.
  
  ## 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
     * Family: Physeteridae
        * Genus: Physeter
           * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
     * Superfamily: Platanistoidea
        * Family: Ziphidae
           * Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae
              * Genus: Mesoplodon
                 * Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris DD
                 * Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
        * Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
           * Genus: Stenella
              * Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris LR/cd
           * Genus: Feresa
              * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
  