List of mammals of Suriname

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight.

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.

Cetaceans found off of Suriname’s coastline primarily inhabit the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

They feed primarily on the flesh of other animals, and only very rarely will supplement their diet with plant matter (such as the kinkajou).

Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.

They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.