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Philippine Forest Turtle. Siebenrockiella leytensis is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to the Philippines. It is classified as critically endangered. It is known as the Philippine forest turtle, the Philippine pond turtle, the Palawan turtle, or the Leyte pond turtle.
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Lotokot filipiński, lotokot, kaguan, kolugo (Cynocephalus...
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Il pangolino delle Filippine (Manis culionensis (de Elera,...
- Philippine Crocodile
The Philippine crocodile was first described in 1935 by...
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This species is also vulnerable to hunting and also trapping...
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The Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei), pantot or tuldo...
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (150) Sint...
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Prehistoric subspecies include Panthera tigris trinilensis and P. t. soloensis of Java and Sumatra and P. t. acutidens of China; late Pleistocene and early Holocene fossils of tigers have also been found in Borneo and Palawan, Philippines. [43]
This article will introduce you to a few of the more notable animals found in the Philippines, the country known as the “Pearl of the Orient Seas,” ranging from the small and rare tamaraws to the massive and majestic Philippine eagles.
The causes of endangered species in the Philippines are habitat loss, environmental pollution, water pollution, poaching, disease outbreaks, human encroachment, climate change, and excessive hunting by humans with the use of lethal weapons.
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]
Considering all the collecting activity that has occurred in the Philippines in the past 20 years, it seems amazing that this clearly shallow-dwelling, once common species has not been re-collected. We fear it may be extinct".
There are 714 species of birds in the Philippines, of which 243 are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 52 are rare or accidental occurrences. The Philippines has the third-highest number of endemic birds, behind the much larger countries of Australia and Indonesia.
