Unique Animals Found In The Philippines
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Unique animals found in the philippines. Philippine tarsier Corella Bohol. Right Coloured pencil illustration of cloud rats some of the mammals found only on Luzon. Hundreds of species of birds live in the Philippines either for all or part of the year.
The Palawan fruit bat Acerodon leucotis also known as the Palawan flying fox is a species of megabat found in forests of PalawanBalabac and Busuanga in the Philippines. The scientific name is Crocodylus mindorens this animal is endemic throughout the Philippine islands. And the Calayan rail the most endangered rail species in the world found only on a small island in the Babuyan Group of Islands.
The Lanas sawshark is a five-gill species that displays the characteristic long sawtoothed snout of its brethren named for shark enthusiast and marine biologist Lana Ebert. I hope you enjoy our REACTION to 10. With the tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis and the Philippine tarsier Tarsius syrichta already enjoying their iconic status in grade school textbooks lets take a look at these five lesser-known but just as amazing animals from various parts of the Philippines.
Mindoro Pallid Flying Fox Desmalopex microleucopterus. A History of the Jeep in the Philippines pp. One of two species of lemurs that can fly and this one is found exclusively in the Philippines.
One of the worlds smallest primates the Philippine tarsier Tarsius syrichta is a nocturnal animal commonly found in the islands of Samar Leyte Bohol and Mindanao. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN and is declining due to hunting and habitat loss. Here it is found in the lowland forests on islands like Mindanao Luzon Samar Bohol and a few others.
Lets check out some Animals from the Philippines. This brings the total number of non-flying mammals on the island to 56 52 of. Unique and Beautiful Animals Only Found in the Philippines.