Jamaica
Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species
This list of mammal species found exclusively in Jamaica is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
American Society of Mammalogists (2020) Mammal Diversity Database, Version 1.2 http://www.mammaldiversity.org, accessed 24 September 2020. An online version can be found here.
Additional species recognized more recently by the Mammal Diversity Database are listed at the bottom of the page.
X = extinct
Natalus
jamaicensis (Chiroptera
- Natalidae) Jamaican Greater Funnel-eared Bat
Ariteus
flavescens (Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae) Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
Phyllonycteris
aphylla (Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae) Jamaican Flower Bat
Tonatia
saurophila X (Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae) Jamaican Round-eared Bat
Lasiurus
degelidus (Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae) Jamaican Red Bat
Xenothrix
mcgregori X (Primates
- Pitheciidae) Jamaican Monkey
Oryzomys
antillarum X (Rodentia
- Cricetidae) Jamaican Rice Rat
Geocapromys brownii (Rodentia - Echimyidae) Jamaican Hutia
The
following
additional species was recognized after the version of the ASM Mammal
Diversity Database listed above. This single species added to the 8
listed above total 9 endemic mammal species for Jamaica.