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List of mammals of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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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 Knowledge (XXG) articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy
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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.
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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.
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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:
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life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
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There are over 260 species of carnivores, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
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Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
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The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
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in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the
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from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Knowledge (XXG) article was available.
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Species which are close to being classified as vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
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Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two
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The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the
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There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.
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The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
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The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
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The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
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mammal species recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
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No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
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They are the mammals most fully 14: 1768:Lists of mammals of North America 152:Lower risk/conservation dependent 1607:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1436:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1314: 22:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1132:This list is derived from the 1: 1168:"Mammal Species of the World" 1732:United States Virgin Islands 1753:Lists of mammals by country 1220:List of prehistoric mammals 845:Pantropical spotted dolphin 685:Short-beaked common dolphin 555:The order Cetacea includes 550:Pantropical spotted dolphin 20:. Of the mammal species in 1784: 1215:Lists of mammals by region 601:Balaenoptera acutorostrata 311:St. Vincent pygmy rice rat 165:Lower risk/near threatened 1707:Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1331: 1309: 1272: 925:Common bottlenose dolphin 729:Globicephala macrorhyncus 1727:Turks and Caicos Islands 1446:Turks and Caicos Islands 1266:Mammals of the Caribbean 875:Atlantic spotted dolphin 725:Short-finned pilot whale 178:Lower risk/least concern 1210:List of chordate orders 491:Insular single leaf bat 457:Parnell's mustached bat 1657:British Virgin Islands 1361:British Virgin Islands 1188:"Animal Diversity Web" 1107:Neomonachus tropicalis 647:Megaptera novaeangliae 552: 221: 209:(manatees and dugongs) 16:This is a list of the 1597:Saint Kitts and Nevis 1421:Saint Kitts and Nevis 1225:Mammal classification 1049:Cuvier's beaked whale 1029:Gervais' beaked whale 970:(dwarf sperm whales) 905:Rough-toothed dolphin 889:Stenella longirostris 869:Stenella coeruleoalba 809:Peponocephala electra 628:Balaenoptera musculus 610:Balaenoptera borealis 548: 495:Monophyllus plethodon 217: 67:Critically endangered 1282:Sloths and anteaters 1033:Mesoplodon europaeus 829:Pseudorca crassidens 461:Pteronotus parnellii 219:West Indian manatees 1612:Trinidad and Tobago 1507:Antigua and Barbuda 1451:U.S. Virgin Islands 1441:Trinidad and Tobago 1341:Antigua and Barbuda 1103:Caribbean monk seal 1053:Ziphius cavirostris 749:Lagenodelphis hosei 619:Balaenoptera brydei 429:Greater bulldog bat 334:(mice, rats, etc.) 243:West Indian manatee 54:Extinct in the wild 1547:Dominican Republic 1381:Dominican Republic 929:Tursiops truncatus 879:Stenella frontalis 849:Stenella attenuata 825:False killer whale 805:Melon-headed whale 705:Pygmy killer whale 673:(marine dolphins) 597:Common minke whale 569:adapted to aquatic 553: 433:Noctilio leporinus 222: 1740: 1739: 1629:other territories 1459: 1458: 992:Dwarf sperm whale 982:Pygmy sperm whale 909:Steno bredanensis 689:Delphinus delphis 376:Rattus norvegicus 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Index

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Theria
Eutheria
Sirenia

West Indian manatees
Trichechidae
Trichechus
West Indian manatee
Rodentia
incisors
capybara
Myomorpha
Cricetidae
Sigmodontinae
Oligoryzomys
St. Vincent pygmy rice rat
Muridae
Murinae
Mus
House mouse
Rattus
Brown rat
Black rat
Chiroptera
Noctilionidae
Noctilio
Greater bulldog bat
Mormoopidae

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