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The Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi), also known as the Visayan deer, the Philippine spotted deer [3] or Prince Alfred's deer, is a small, endangered, primarily nocturnal species of deer found in the rainforests of the Visayan Islands of Panay and Negros. It once was found across other islands, such as Cebu, Guimaras, Leyte, Masbate, and Samar.
Common name Scientific name authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Suidae: pigs: Palawan bearded pig: Sus ahoenobarbus Huet, 1888: Forest NT: Bornean bearded pig: Sus barbatus S. Müller, 1838: Wide range of habitats where occurring; Possibly extirpated VU: Visayan warty pig: Sus cebifrons Heude, 1888: Forest and grassland CR ...
Scientific name Common name Distribution Rusa alfredi: Visayan spotted deer, Philippine spotted deer: The Philippines. Rusa marianna: Philippine brown deer or Philippine sambar: Negros-Panay, Babuyan/Batanes, Palawan & the Sulu Faunal Regions, Philippines. Rusa timorensis: Javan rusa, Timor rusa, or Sunda sambar
A highly endangered species of deer has been pictured for the first time after it was born at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, in December 2021. The Philippine spotted deer has been named Lyra after a ...
This new born fawn is extremely rare, with fewer than 700 of the species left in the wild. The male Philippine spotted deer has been welcomed by visitors at the Bristol Zoo Project. When parents ...
The Philippine deer (Rusa marianna), also known as the Philippine sambar or Philippine brown deer, is a vulnerable deer species endemic to the Philippines. [1] It was first described from introduced populations in the Mariana Islands , hence the specific name.
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Marsh deer. B. dichotomus (Illiger, 1815) Scattered parts of central South America (former range in red) Size: 153–191 cm (60–75 in) long, plus 12–16 cm (5–6 in) tail; 110–127 cm (43–50 in) tall at shoulder [18]
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...