List of mammals of Samoa
# 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
