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Animals in Philippines
The Phillippines is home to the monkey-eating eagle. It is also endangered. It resides in the Mindano, Leyte, Samar and Isabela rainforests. This bird has a powerful, arched bill measuring 76 centimeters. It preys on cats, hornbills, snakes and monkeys, hence its name. There are no more than 300 living today, as they are endangered.
A unique creature who is native to the Phillippines is the flying lemur. It's not a winged creature but it glides much like a flying squirrel. Similar to the Asian Lemurs, it's nocturnal. It has a head like a dog and its body resembles that of the Canadian flying squirrel. It also lives in the rainforests of the Phillippines.
There are up to 56 different species of bats in the Phillippines. The smallest bat is the bamboo bat. It is four centimeters long and its wingspan measures 15 centimeters.
The virgin forests of Bataan and Subig Bay is where the home of two of the largest bats in the world. They are the golden crown flying fox bat and the giant flying fox bat. These are both fruit bats.
One of the world's most endangered species of deer lives in a dwindling forests in Panay Island. It is the Spotted Deer. The spotted deer is only 80 cm tall and has very soft, medium long fur which covers its spots. It's physical trademark is its yellowish, oval spots covering its sides and backs. In 1985, a survey report stated that there was only a tiny population of the spotted deer left in the remot areas of Panay.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Philippines.
Even-toed ungulates in Philippines
Visayan warty pig Philippine warty pig Calamanian deer Tamaraw Bearded pig Wild boar Greater mouse deer Phillipine spotted deer Sika deer Philippine brown deerCarnivores in Philippines
Palawan stink badger Short-tailed mongoose Bearcat Leopard catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Philippines
Rough-toothed dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Pygmy sperm whale Black finless porpoise Pygmy killer whale Irrawaddy dolphin Grey dolphin Melon-headed whale Fraser's dolphin Chinese white dolphin Bridled dolphin Long-beaked dolphinBats in Philippines
Greater musky fruit bat Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat Lesser false vampire bat Lesser musky fruit bat White-collared fruit bat Small flying-fox Golden-capped fruit bat White-winged flying fox Hardwicke's woolly bat Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat Palawan fruit bat Mearns's flying fox Panay giant fruit bat Little golden-mantled flying fox Clear-winged woolly bat Little long-fingered bat Mindanao pygmy fruit bat Philippine gray flying fox Whitehead's woolly bat Large flying fox Small bent-winged bat Great bent-winged bat Sulawesi free-tailed bat Round-eared tube-nosed bat Lesser dog-faced fruit bat Negros naked-backed fruit bat Hodgson's bat Acuminate horseshoe bat Horsfield's bat Small asian sheath-tailed bat Andersen's horseshoe bat Pallid large-footed myotis Greater dawn bat Lesser bamboo bat Arcuate horseshoe bat Whiskered myotis Lesser dawn bat Greater bamboo bat Philippine forest horseshoe bat Big-eared horseshoe bat Large-eared horseshoe bat Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat Common thick-thumbed bat Large rufous horseshoe bat Small rufous horseshoe bat Luzon fruit bat Yellow-faced horseshoe bat Fischer's pygmy fruit bat Hairy-winged bat Harpy fruit bat Rohu's bat Dusky roundleaf bat Geoffroy's rousette Bicolored roundleaf bat Naked-rumped pouched bat Fawn roundleaf bat Greater asiatic yellow bat Javan pipistrelle Large mindanao roundleaf bat Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Lesser asiatic yellow bat Diadem roundleaf bat Lesser long-tongued frut bat Least pipistrelle Large asian roundleaf bat Hairless bat Philippine forest roundleaf batFlying lemurs in Philippines
Flying lemurPangolins in Philippines
Malayan pangolinPrimates in Philippines
Philippine tarsier Slow loris Crab-eating macaqueRodents in Philippines
Isarog striped shrew-rat Palawan flying squirrel Mindoro striped rat Müller's giant sunda rat Indonesian porcupine Luzon striped rat Northern palawan tree squirrel Culion tree squirrel Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat Philippine tree squirrel Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat Palawan montane squirrel Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat Mindoro climbing rat Samar squirrel Luzon montane forest mouse Southern palawan tree squirrel Tawi-tawi forest rat Northern luzon shrew rat Mt. apo forest mouse Rice-field rat Mindanao shrew rat Mindanao montane forest mouse Philippine forest rat Mindanao lowland forest mouse Polynesian rat Small luzon forest mouse Long-footed rat Mindoro black rat Least forest mouse Spiny long-footed rat Malayan field rat Long-nosed luzon forest mouse Luzon short-nosed rat Mt isarog shrew-mouse Philippine pygmy squirrel Luzon forest rat Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat Mindanao hairy-tailed rat Bagobo rat Lesser ranee mouse Luzon forest rat Palawan soft-furred mountain rat White-bellied luzon tree rat Isarog shrew rat Short-footed luzon tree rat Mt. data shrew rat Basilan flying squirrel Blazed luzon shrew rat Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat Northern luzon giant cloud rat Mindanao mountain rat Davao squirrel Busuanga squirrel Mindanao squirrel Luzon broad-toothed rat Palawan spiny rat Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse Luzon cordillera forest mouseTree shrews in Philippines
Palawan tree shrew Mindanao tree shrew Common tree shrewDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Philippines
Dugong
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