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Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Scleractinia. Acerodon leucotis. Palawan flying fox. Endemic to Palawan and neighboring islands. Chiroptera. Acrocephalus sorghophilus. Streaked reed-warbler. Native to China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
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 Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine Archipelago (hence the name) and the largest sea in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million square kilometers (2 × 106 sq mi). [1] The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of the sea. [2] Its western border is the first island chain to ...
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 ...
Neritic & oceanic marine zones VU: Humpback whale: Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781: Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC: Family Phocoenidae: porpoises: Indo-Pacific finless porpoise: Neophocaena phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829: Coastal waters VU: Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins: Pygmy killer whale: Feresa attenuata J. E. Gray, 1874 ...
Tubbataha Reef. The Tubbataha Natural Park, also known as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha), is a protected area of the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The marine and bird sanctuary consists of two huge atolls (named the North Atoll and South Atoll) and the smaller Jessie Beazley Reef covering a ...
Southeast Asian coral reefs. A display of Philippine reef organisms at the California Academy of Sciences. [1] Southeast Asian coral reefs have the highest levels of biodiversity for the world's marine ecosystems. They serve many functions, such as forming the livelihood for subsistence fishermen and even function as jewelry and construction ...
Tunnel of the Manila Ocean Park's Oceanarium. The main attraction of Manila Ocean Park is the Oceanarium which houses 14,000 sea creatures from about 277 species all of which is indigenous in Southeast Asia. The Oceanarium has seven sections and contains 3,000 cubic meters (110,000 cu ft) of sea water. [5]