Unique Animals Found In The Philippines

Hundreds of species of birds live in the Philippines either for all or part of the year.

Unique animals found in the philippines. The Philippine Mouse Deer In other countries this animal is also called chevrotain but in the Philippines it is called PilandokAlthough not really a species of deer Pilandok can only be found in the PhilippinesThe right tag for this awesome creature is a mouse deer to be precise and accurate. This country is home to the rarest crocodile the second-smallest primate and the second-largest gecko on earth. 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.

Although it is the largest owl in the country it is among the smallest. Prominent birdlife includes jungle fowl pigeons peacocks pheasants doves parrots hornbills kingfishers sunbirds tailorbirds weaverbirds herons and quails. This brings the total number of non-flying mammals on the island to 56 52 of.

The scientific name is Crocodylus mindorens this animal is endemic throughout the Philippine islands. This unique animal is also known as the Indonesian Porcupine or the Palawan Porcupine. Sunda Colugo or Malayan colugo is a species of arboreal gliding mammal found in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

Philippine tarsier Corella Bohol. These birds are around 40 to 50 cm long and have a wing-span of 35 cm. 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 Pristiophorus lanae is a rather unique fish species discovered in the Philippines and the latest to be added to the sawshark family. A History of the Jeep in the Philippines pp. Unlike other swell sharks the new species found in the Philippines have lighter spots or camouflaged color patterns.

The Philippines is also home to Tawi-Tawis blue-winged racket-tail the most endangered parrot species in Southeast Asia the Sulu hornbill one of the mos endangered animals in the world with a population of just 27. This rodent belongs to the Old World porcupines. The Philippine Mouse Deer or Pilandok.