List of mammals of Tokelau
# 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
