All the Mammals of Bermuda
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Key: found only in Bermuda endemic native arrived naturally migrant visitor passes through, does not live here introduced brought in by people protected protected by Bermuda law (Bermuda’s protected species: Protected Species Act 2003 and Fisheries (Protected Species) Order 1978) around the cottages you may see it at Watford Studios
Complete list (43 species)
| Common name | Scientific name | |
|---|---|---|
| Bats: occasional visitors | ||
| Hoary bat | Lasiurus cinereus | |
| Eastern red bat | Lasiurus borealis | |
| Seminole bat | Lasiurus seminolus | |
| Silver-haired bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans | |
| Brought by people | ||
| Black rat | Rattus rattus | |
| Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus | |
| House mouse | Mus musculus | |
| Feral cat | Felis catus | |
| European rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus | |
| In the sea | ||
| Humpback whaleprotected | Megaptera novaeangliae | |
| Bottlenose dolphinprotected | Tursiops truncatus | |
| Also recorded | ||
| Big brown batOnly one record: it arrived in a shipping container in 1989. | Eptesicus fuscus | |
| Eastern pipistrelle (tricolored bat)A few sightings of small bats are thought to be this species. | Perimyotis subflavus | |
| Wild hogFeral hogs, left by passing ships, were living wild when the first settlers arrived in 1609; long gone. | Sus scrofa | |
| Harbour seal | Phoca vitulina | |
| Grey seal | Halichoerus grypus | |
| West Indian manatee | Trichechus manatus | |
| North Atlantic right whaleprotected | Eubalaena glacialis | |
| Common minke whaleprotected | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | |
| Sei whaleprotected | Balaenoptera borealis | |
| Bryde's whaleprotected | Balaenoptera brydei | |
| Blue whaleprotected | Balaenoptera musculus | |
| Fin whaleprotected | Balaenoptera physalus | |
| Sperm whaleprotectedLives in deep water offshore. | Physeter macrocephalus | |
| Pygmy sperm whaleprotected | Kogia breviceps | |
| Dwarf sperm whaleprotected | Kogia sima | |
| Sowerby's beaked whaleprotected | Mesoplodon bidens | |
| Gervais' beaked whaleprotected | Mesoplodon europaeus | |
| True's beaked whaleprotected | Mesoplodon mirus | |
| Cuvier's beaked whaleprotected | Ziphius cavirostris | |
| Killer whale (orca)protected | Orcinus orca | |
| False killer whaleprotected | Pseudorca crassidens | |
| Pygmy killer whaleprotected | Feresa attenuata | |
| Short-finned pilot whaleprotected | Globicephala macrorhynchus | |
| Long-finned pilot whaleprotected | Globicephala melas | |
| Risso's dolphinprotected | Grampus griseus | |
| Fraser's dolphinprotected | Lagenodelphis hosei | |
| Common dolphinprotected | Delphinus delphis | |
| Pantropical spotted dolphinprotected | Stenella attenuata | |
| Clymene dolphinprotected | Stenella clymene | |
| Striped dolphinprotected | Stenella coeruleoalba | |
| Atlantic spotted dolphinprotected | Stenella frontalis | |
| Spinner dolphinprotected | Stenella longirostris | |
Source: Land mammals and bats from the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Bats in Bermuda); whales, dolphins, seals and the manatee from the List of mammals of Bermuda on Wikipedia, with a few extra species recorded in Bermuda in GBIF. Domestic animals are left out. Most of the whales and dolphins live far offshore and are rarely seen. Compiled October 2026.