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TABLE 1 

 Checklist of the Mammals of Enewetak Atoll* 



Phylum CHORDATA 

 Class MAMMALIA 



Order ARTIODACTYLA 

 Family SUIDAE 



Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758. Domestic pig. 

 Order CARNIVORA 

 Family CANIDAE 



Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758. Domestic dog. 

 Family FELIDAE 



Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758. Domestic cat. 

 Order CETACEA 



Family DELPHINIDAE 

 ■fStenelh coeruteoalba (Meyen), 1833. Striped dolphin. 

 fStenelh hngirosths (Gray), 1828. Spinner dolphin. 

 Order PRIMATE 

 Family HOMINIDAE 



Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758. Humans. 

 Order RODENTIA 

 Family MURIDAE 



Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1766. House mouse. 

 Rattus exuhns (Peale), 1848. Polynesian rat. 

 Rattus rattus (Linnaeus), 1758. Roof rat. 



'Classification modified from Nowak and Paradiso, 1983, and 

 Tomich, 1969. 



fNew Enewetak record. 



groups and is called "ke." It is probably Stenella 

 hngirosths. The other is larger and swinns in snnaller 

 groups. It may be S. coeruleoalba or one of the other 



species which should occur at Enewetak. Lamberson thinks 

 the Marshallese call the larger animal "rak." Occasionally 

 Marshallese men harpoon dolphins for food which may 

 explain the dolphins' wariness of boats. They are also 

 extremely wary of swimmers and divers at Enewetak. 



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