New Zealand

Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species

This list of mammal species found exclusively in New Zealand is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (Eds.)(2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

X = extinct

Mystacina robusta X (Chiroptera - Mystacinidae) New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat

Mystacina tuberculata (Chiroptera - Mystacinidae) New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat

Chalinolobus tuberculatus (Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae) Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Phocarctos hookeri (Carnivora - Otariidae) New Zealand Sealion

Cephalorhynchus hectori (Cetacea - Delphinidae) Hector's Dolphin