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Common name Scientific name authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Lorisidae: lorises: Philippine slow loris: Nycticebus menagensis Lydekker, 1893: Lowland forest VU: Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers: Philippine tarsier: Carlito syrichta Linnaeus, 1758: Forest NT: Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys: Crab-eating macaque: Macaca ...
In 1993, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) was established to conserve, propagate, and promote the carabao as a source of draft animal power, meat, milk, and hide to benefit the rural farmers through carabao genetic improvement, technology development and dissemination, and establishment of carabao-based enterprises, thus ensuring higher ...
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.
The tamaraw's scientific name was updated into its present form, Bubalus mindorensis (sometimes referred to as Bubalus (Bubalus) mindorensis). [11] The name tamaraw has other variants, such as tamarau, tamarou, and tamarao. The term tamaraw may have come from tamadaw, which is a probable alternative name for the banteng (Bos javanicus). [12]
Philippine tarsier climbing a tree. The tarsier is named for its elongated "tarsus" or ankle bone. [2]The genus Carlito is named after conservationist Carlito Pizarras. [3] The Philippine tarsier is known as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and magô in Waray, [4] [5] It is also known as mamag, magau, malmag, and magatilok-iok.
The avifauna of the Philippines include a total of 743 species, of which 229 are endemic, five have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 ...
Scientific name Common name(s) Local name(s) Distribution Aerides leeana: Endemic to Luzon and Samar: Agathis philippinensis: Almaciga, dayungon Almaciga, dayungon Endemic to the Philippines, Sulawesi and Halmahera: Aglaia aherniana: Endemic to the Philippines Aglaia angustifolia: Native to the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and ...
The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and white-colored plumage, a shaggy crest, and generally measures 86 to 102 cm (2.82 to 3.35 ft) in ...