Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Philippines has among the highest rates of species discovery in the world with 16 new species of mammal discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the degree of endemism in the Philippines has risen and will likely continue to rise. [3] Some of the smallest and largest animals and plants are found in the Philippines.
Philippine long-fingered bat: Miniopterus paululus Hollister, 1913: Caves and forests LC Unknown: Great bent-winged bat: Miniopterus tristis Waterhouse, 1845: Caves and forests LC Unknown: Family Molossidae: Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat: Chaerephon plicatus Buchanan, 1800: Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests LC Unknown: Lesser naked bat
The National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines, also known as the Red List, is a list of endangered species endemic to the Philippines and is maintained by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Biodiversity Management Bureau and the Philippine Red List Committee.
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.
Avilon Zoo in Montalban, Rizal, Philippines. Avilon Zoo is currently the largest zoological institution in the Philippines in terms of land area and collection of animals. The 7.5-hectare (19-acre) facility located in Rodriguez, Rizal houses more than 3,000 specimens of exotic wildlife representing more than 600 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes and invertebrat
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Individual animals in the Philippines (4 P) M. Molluscs of the Philippines ...
The Visayan leopard cat, known locally as maral, is a Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis sumatranus) population in the Philippine Islands of Negros, Cebu and Panay. [1] [2] It has been listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 2008 under its former scientific name P. bengalensis rabori as its range is estimated to be less than 20,000 km 2 (7,700 sq mi), and the population was ...