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The Philippine Forest Dog is a small to medium-sized dog and for a long time was used as hunting dogs for wild animals, vermin catching and farm mates by the Filipinos. Such characteristics and morphological build up is maintained and is now the main objective in selective breeding. The Philippine Forest Dog (PFD) standard requires a vigorous ...
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 ...
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. Its weight usually ranges from 40 to 60 kg. Generally, its color is brown with white tail underside.
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 ...
Muntiacus nigricans. The Philippine mouse-deer (Tragulus nigricans), also known as the Balabac chevrotain or pilandok (in Filipino), is a small, nocturnal ruminant, which is endemic to Balabac and nearby smaller islands (Bugsuk and Ramos) southwest of Palawan in the Philippines. The genus Tragulus means 'little goat' and the Philippine mouse ...
The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) is a critically endangered species in the pig genus (Sus). It is endemic to six of the Visayan Islands (Cebu, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Guimaras, and Siquijor) in the central Philippines. It is known by many names in the region (depending on the island and linguistic group) with most translating into 'wild ...
Palawan peacock-pheasant. The Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) is a medium-sized (up to 50cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The spectacular male has a black body with blue marks on the wings, a grayish, finely speckled back and tail with blue peacock “eyes,” white ...
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Suidae: pigs: Palawan bearded pig: Sus ahoenobarbus Huet, 1888: Forest NT: Bornean bearded pig