Galapagos Mammals

Category: Mammals
Number of Species: 32
Endemic Species: 6

CLASSIFICATION
Sea Lions: Galapagos Sea Lion, Galapagos Fur Seal
Rodents: Large Fernandina Island Rice Rat, Santa Fe Island Rice Rat, Santiago Island Rice Rat, Small Fernandina Rice Rat
Bats: Galapagos Red Bat, Hoary Bat
Rorqual Whales: Common Rorqual, Sei Whale, Bryde's Whale, Minke Whale, Humpback Whale, Blue Whale
Sperm Whales: Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Pygmy Sperm Whale
Beaked Whales: Blainville's Beaked Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Blackfish: Short-finned Pilot Whale, Killer Whale or Orca, False Killer Whale, Melon-headed Whale
Dolphins: Common Dolphin, Bottle-nosed Dolphin

In total, 32 indigenous species of mammals have been recorded in Galapagos in recent times. This excludes domesticated species which have become feral (dogs, cats, pigs, goats, donkeys, horses and cattle) and introduced rodents (rats and mice). Six species are endemic to the archipelago, four of which are confined to single Islands. The greater majority of the species recorded, 25 in total, are cataceans (whales and dolphins). The mammals that occur in Galapagos can be divided into 4 types: