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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.
Philippine mouse-deer: Tragulus nigricans Thomas, 1892: Forest and shrubland EN: Family Cervidae: deer: Calamian deer: ... List of threatened species of the Philippines ;
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 ...
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
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 ...
The Visayan deer is small and short-legged, but it is the largest endemic species of deer among the Philippine islands. Adults range from 125 to 130 cm (49 to 51 in) long from the head to the base of the tail, 70 to 80 cm (28 to 31 in) in shoulder height and 40 to 60 kg (88 to 132 lb) in weight.
Deer grow antlers to compete for mates and protect their territory during rutting season. The growth and loss of antlers for most species of deer coincide closely with rutting season.
The diverse flora includes 8,000 species of flowering plants, 1,000 kinds of ferns, and 800 species of orchids. Seventy to eighty percent of non-flying mammals in the Philippines are found nowhere else in the world. [1] Common mammals include the wild hog, deer, wild carabao, monkey, civet cat, and various rodents.