Unique Animals Found In The Philippines

Here it is found in the lowland forests on islands like Mindanao Luzon Samar Bohol and a few others.

Unique animals found in the philippines. Although it is the largest owl in the country it is among the smallest. This brings the total number of non-flying mammals on the island to 56 52 of. 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.

Mindoro Pallid Flying Fox Desmalopex microleucopterus. Hundreds of species of birds live in the Philippines either for all or part of the year. Its body and tail are often the same length reminding many of the same in the civet cats seen in the Philippines as well.

The Pristiophorus lanae is a rather unique fish species discovered in the Philippines and the latest to be added to the sawshark family. I hope you enjoy our REACTION to 10. There are over 52000 species of animals that live 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. 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 Philippine Mouse Deer or Pilandok.

This country is home to the rarest crocodile the second-smallest primate and the second-largest gecko on earth. These are mammals that exist only on the island and nowhere else on Earth. These birds are around 40 to 50 cm long and have a wing-span of 35 cm.

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 unique animal is also known as the Indonesian Porcupine or the Palawan Porcupine. Youll struggle to stumble across this tiny elusive primate in the wild but at the Philippine Tarsier Foundation you get to see it in semi-natural habitat.