List of mammals of Antarctica
The following is a list of native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three are considered endangered, one is vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient, and one has not yet been evaluated.[1] Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present,[2] are not included.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:
EX | Extinct |
No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range. |
CR | Critically endangered |
The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild. |
EN | Endangered |
The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. |
VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
NT | Near threatened |
The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in the future. |
LC | Least concern |
The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild. |
DD | Data deficient | There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species. |
NE | Not evaluated | The conservation status of the species has not been studied. |
Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. The southern elephant seal is believed to be the largest carnivoran of all time; bulls typically weigh 2,200 to 4,000 kilograms (4,900 to 8,800
- Suborder: Caniformia
- Clade Pinnipedia(seals, sea lions and walruses)
- Family: Otariidae(eared seals)
- Genus: Arctocephalus
- Antarctic fur seal, A. gazella LC
- Genus: Arctocephalus
- Family: Phocidae(earless seals)
- Genus: Mirounga
- Southern elephant seal, M. leonina LC
- Tribe Lobodontini (Antarctic seals)
- Genus: Hydrurga
- Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
- Genus: Leptonychotes
- Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LC
- Genus: Lobodon
- Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga LC
- Genus: Ommatophoca
- Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii LC
- Genus:
- Genus:
- Family:
- Clade
Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
The infraorder Cetacea includes
The hunting of baleen whales in the vicinity of Antarctica began around 1904, with the establishment of a whaling station on
- Parvorder: Mysticeti
- Family: Balaenidae
- Genus: Eubalaena
- Southern right whale, E. australis LC
- Genus:
- Family: Neobalaenidae
- Genus: Caperea
- Pygmy right whale, C. marginata LC
- Genus:
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
- Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis NT
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis EN
- Southern sei whale, B. b. schlegelii
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus EN
- Southern blue whale, B. m. intermedia
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus VU
- Southern fin whale, B. p. quoyi
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Subfamily: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC
- Genus:
- Subfamily:
- Family: Balaenidae
- Parvorder: Odontoceti
- Family: Physeteridae
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus VU
- Genus: Physeter
- Family: Ziphidae
- Genus: Berardius
- Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii DD
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Gray's beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi DD
- Genus: Hyperoodon
- Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC
- Genus: Berardius
- Superfamily: Delphinoidea
- Family: Phocoenidae
- Genus: Phocoena
- Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica LC
- Genus: Phocoena
- Family: Delphinidae(marine dolphins)
- Genus: Cephalorhynchus
- Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii LC
- Genus: Globicephala
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas LC
- Genus: Lagenorhynchus
- Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorhynchus cruciger LC
- Genus: Orcinus
- Orca, Orcinus orca DD
- Genus: Cephalorhynchus
- Family:
- Family:
See also
- List of chordate orders
- List of mammals of South America
- Lists of mammals by region
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classification
- List of mammals described in the 2000s
Notes
- ^ The list is derived from the IUCN Red List 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 Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.
- ISBN 978-1-57607-422-0. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
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- ^ IWC (1995). "Report of the scientific committee". Reports of the International Whaling Commission. 45: 53–221.
References
- "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- OCLC 62265494.
- "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.