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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.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippine national government and the Mulhouse Zoo of France set up the Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park in 1993, initially as part of conversation efforts for the Visayan spotted deer. The facility expanded its scope to also include other endemic Visayan species. [3]
Visayan warty pig: Sus cebifrons Heude, 1888: Forest and grassland CR: Oliver's warty pig: Sus oliveri Groves, 1997: Forest and savanna grassland VU: Philippine warty pig: Sus philippensis Nehring, 1886: Forest, shrubland, and grassland VU: Wild boar: Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758: Wide variety of habitats LC Unknown: Family Tragulidae: Philippine ...
A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid. They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes . Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose .
It is considered one of the Western Visayas Big 5 which includes the Walden's hornbill, Visayan spotted deer, Visayan hornbill and the Visayan warty pig. [ 5 ] It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess Negros bleeding-hearts under Philippine Law RA 9147.
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: East Timor; Indonesian islands of Flores, Gili Motang, Komodo and Rinca. Rusa unicolor
The Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis), also known as Calamian hog deer, [3] is an endangered species of deer found only in the Calamian Islands of Palawan province in the Philippines. It is one of three species of deer native to the Philippines, the other being the Philippine sambar (Rusa marianna) and the Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi).
Species are assessed solely according to their population in the Philippines and hence may not be in line with other conversation lists such as the IUCN Red List which list the crab-eating macaque (including subspecies the Philippine long-tailed macaque) as vulnerable but is not included in the 2019 release of the Philippines' national Red List ...