List of mammals of Tokelau facts for kids

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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)

Spinner dolphins

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

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