This is a list of mammals found in East Timor.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
- Family: Hipposideridae
- Genus: Hipposideros
- Timor roundleaf bat, H. crumeniferus
- Family: Pteropodidae
- Genus: Acerodon
- Sunda flying fox, Acerodon mackloti
- Genus: Cynopterus
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat, C. brachyotis
- Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus nusatenggara
- Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus titthaecheilus
- Genus: Dobsonia
- Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia moluccensis
- Western naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia peronii
- Genus: Eonycteris
- Cave nectar bat, Eonycteris spelaea
- Genus: Macroglossus
- Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus
- Genus: Nyctimene
- Pallas's tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene cephalotes possibly extirpated
- Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene keasti
- Genus: Pteropus
- Gray flying fox, Pteropus griseus
- Lombok flying fox, Pteropus lombocensis
- Large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus
- Genus: Rousettus
- Geoffroy's rousette, Rousettus amplexicaudatus
- Family: Rhinolophidae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryotis
- Insular horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus keyensis
- Woolly horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus luctus
- Large-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis
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
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
- Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus EN
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family: Delphinidae
- Genus: Delphinus
- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis LC
- Genus: Feresa
- Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata DD
- Genus: Globicephala
- Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC
- Genus: Orcaella
- Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaella brevirostris VU
- Genus: Orcinus
- Killer whale, Orcinus orca DD
- Genus: Peponocephala
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra LC
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
- Genus: Pseudorca
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
- Genus: Sousa
- Chinese white dolphin, Sousa chinensis NT
- Genus: Stenella
- Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata LC
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longgirostris DD
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis LC
- Genus: Tursiops
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus LC
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps DD
- Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima DD
- Family: Ziphidae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Strap-toothed whale, Mesoplodon layardii DD
- Genus: Ziphius
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris LC
See also
Notes
References
- Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 2006. Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.