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  2. Philippine deer - Wikipedia

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    An adult female Philippine deer on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines In Manila, Philippines. The Philippine brown deer is relatively smaller than its relative, the sambar deer. Its head-and-body length and shoulder height measures 100 to 151 cm (39 to 59 in), and 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in), respectively.

  3. Wildlife of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Visayan spotted deer - Wikipedia

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    It is one of three endemic deer species found in the Philippines, although it was not recognized as a separate species until 1983. An estimated 2,500 mature individuals survived worldwide in 1996, according to the IUCN; today’s surviving wild number is uncertain. The diet of the deer, which consists of a variety of different types of grasses ...

  5. List of mammals of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Philippines. Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and ... Endemic fauna of the Philippines; Wildlife of the ...

  6. Philippine mouse-deer - Wikipedia

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    Hunting has also caused a great decline in the number of individuals left. The meat is considered a delicacy on the islands, and the skin is also used to make leather. Although no true estimates of the Philippine mouse-deer population have been made to date, they are assumed to be declining in numbers.

  7. Calauit Safari Park - Wikipedia

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    Calamian deer (Hyelaphus calamianensis) - is an endangered species of the deer endemic to the Calamian Islands of the Palawan province in the Philippines. The Calamian deer was declared critically endangered in 1981 due to deforestation, over hunting and habitat loss. Only 25 deer were left when the park started conservation efforts.

  8. Philippine duck - Wikipedia

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    The species has experienced steep population decreases since the 1970s mainly due to hunting and habitat loss. The ducks have been heavily hunted since the 1960s with thousands being hunted a year through the late 1980s. [5] Habitat loss is mainly due to wetland drainage, aquaculture, mangrove destruction and fishpond creation. [3]

  9. Wild pigs of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines has four endemic types of species of wild pigs (Filipino: baboy ramo). This makes the Philippines unique in having arguably the largest number of endemic wild pigs (Genus Sus ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Two separate populations of unstudied wild pig species have been reported on the islands of Tawi-Tawi (near Sabah , Malaysia ), [ 3 ] and ...