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Animals of Philippines
12 animals on this site have a range that includes Philippines. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
12 profiles
LCMammals
Asian palm civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
The Asian palm civet is a small, cat-like viverrid of South and Southeast Asia that climbs trees at night to eat fruit.
Living
EXMammals
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
VUMammals
Binturong
Arctictis binturong
The binturong is a large, shaggy civet of the South and Southeast Asian forest canopy.
Living
LCFish
Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
The clownfish lives inside the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone, which it cleans and defends in return.
Living
VUCrustaceans
Coconut crab
Birgus latro
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod.
Living
VUMammals
Dugong
Dugong dugon
The dugong is a large marine mammal that grazes seagrass in warm, shallow coastal water from East Africa to Vanuatu.
Living
LCReptiles
Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
The green sea turtle grazes on seagrass in warm coastal waters.
Living
VUReptiles
King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake.
Living
CRBirds
Philippine eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
The Philippine eagle is the longest eagle in the world, a crested forest hunter found on only four Philippine islands.
Living
LCBirds
Red junglefowl
Gallus gallus
The red junglefowl is a shy forest-edge bird of South and Southeast Asia, and the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken.
Living
LCReptiles
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile.
Living
ENFish
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea.
Living
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