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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. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 ...
Family Pteropodidae: Old World fruit bats: Giant golden-crowned flying fox: Acerodon jubatus Eschscholtz, 1831: Forest EN: Palawan fruit bat: Acerodon leucotis Sanborn, 1950: Forest VU: Mindanao pygmy fruit bat: Alionycteris paucidentata Kock, 1969: Forest LC: Lesser short-nosed fruit bat: Cynopterus brachyotis Müller, 1838: Forest LC Unknown ...
This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166-1 , or that are included in the ...
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
W. Wallaconchis graniferus. Categories: Biota of the Philippines. Fauna of Southeast Asia. Fauna of Asia by country. Fauna by country. Indomalayan realm fauna. Fauna of the Pacific Ocean.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Philippines. 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 ...
Carabaos are the traditional draft animals in the Philippines for paddy field rice cultivation and are commonly raised by smallholder farmers. They were also formerly widely used for the transport of goods throughout the islands. They are a source of carabao milk and carabeef, among other products.
The following is the list of critically endangered (CR) and endangered (EN) species included in the National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines as per DENR Administrative Order 2019-09. [1] The list below currently don't include fauna classified as vulnerable (VU) and other threatened species (OTS).