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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Philippines. Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans) Image Common name
The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species. The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 ...
The tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) is a small buffalo belonging to the family Bovidae. [3] It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the larger island of Luzon. The tamaraw was originally found all over ...
Philippine tarsier (C. syrichta), one of the smallest primates. For the past 45 million years, tarsiers have inhabited rainforests around the world, but now they exist on only a few islands in the Philippines, Borneo, and Indonesia. [21] In Bohol, the Philippine tarsier was a common sight in the southern part of the island until the 1960s.
Muntiacus nigricans. The Philippine mouse-deer (Tragulus nigricans), also known as the Balabac chevrotain or pilandok (in Filipino), is a small, nocturnal ruminant, which is endemic to Balabac and nearby smaller islands (Bugsuk and Ramos) southwest of Palawan in the Philippines. The genus Tragulus means 'little goat' and the Philippine mouse ...
B. Banahaw tree mouse. Bicolored roundleaf bat. Little bent-wing bat. Sulawesi free-tailed bat. Batak shrew. Black-bearded tomb bat. Bornean bearded pig. Brown tube-nosed bat.
Carabao hide was once used extensively to create a variety of products, including the armor of precolonial Philippine warriors. The horns are also carved and used to make the pommels of Philippine swords and bladed tools like bolos. [35] Carabao hide is still used for leather production with an estimated total market value of $10 million, as of ...
Podogymnura truei, also known as the Mindanao gymnure, Mindanao moonrat, or Mindanao wood shrew, is a mammal of the family Erinaceidae. [2] It is endemic to the Mindanao islands of the Philippines. [1] Erinaceidae is a family of small mammals that include the gymnures, also known as the silky furred moonrats, and the hedgehogs.