List of Threatened (Endangered) Species of Animals in the Philippines
Scientific name
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Common name(s)
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Local name(s)
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Distribution
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Acerodon jubatus | Giant golden-crowned flying fox, golden-capped fruit bat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Alveopora excelsa | Net Coral | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
Alveopora minuta | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
Anacropora spinosa | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
Balaenoptera borealis | Sei whale | Global | |
Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale | Balyena | Global |
Balaenoptera physalus | Fin whale | Global | |
Batomys russatus | Russet batomys, Dinagat hairy-tailed rat | Endemic to Dinagat Island | |
Brachymeles makusog | Loam swimming skink | Endemic to Catanduanes Island and some parts of Bicol Region | |
Brachymeles vermis | Limbless worm skink | Endemic to Sulu Archipelago | |
Caretta caretta | Loggerhead | Global | |
Cerberus microlepis | Dog-faced water snake | Endemic to Lake Buhi and Lake Manapao of the Bicol Peninsula | |
Cheilinus undulatus | Humphead wrasse | Mameng | Native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean |
Chelonia mydas | Green turtle | Pawikan | Global |
Copsychus cebuensis | Black shama | Endemic to Cebu | |
Crateromys heaneyi | Panay cloudrunner, Panay Crateromys | Endemic to Panay | |
Crocidura mindorus | Mindoro shrew | Endemic to Mindoro | |
Crocidura negrina | Negros shrew | Endemic to Negros Island | |
Dasycrotapha speciosa | Flame-templed babbler | Endemic to Panay and Negros Island | |
Desmalopex leucopterus | White-winged flying fox | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Drepanosticta ceratophora | Endemic to Palawan and Balabac | ||
Ducula mindorensis | Mindoro imperial pigeon, Mindoro zone-tailed pigeon | Endemic to Mindoro | |
Gorsachius goisagi | Japanese night-heron | Native to Japan, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines | |
Graphium sandawanum | Apo swallowtail | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Hemicordulia apoensis | Endemic to Mount Apo, Mindanao | ||
Hemitriakis leucoperiptera | Whitefin topeshark | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Heosemys spinosa | Sunburst turtle, spiny terrapin, spiny turtle, | Native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines | |
Hologerrhum dermali | Endemic to Panay | ||
Hydnophora bonsai | Spine coral | Native to Japan, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines | |
Hyelaphus calamianensis | Calamian deer, Calamian | Endemic to the Calamian Group of Islands of Palawan | |
Hylarana mangyanum | Endemic to Mindoro and Sibay | ||
Ixos siquijorensis | Streak-breasted bulbul | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Kaloula kokacii | Catanduanes Narrow-mouthed frog | Taplang bukid | Endemic to Catanduanes Island and some parts of Bicol region |
Lithophyllon ranjithi | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | ||
Lobophyllia serratus | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
Luperosaurus joloensis | Jolo flapped-legged gecko | Endemic to Mindanao and Jolo | |
Luperosaurus macgregori | McGregor's flapped-legged gecko | Endemic to the Babuyan Islands | |
Megophrys ligayae | Palawan horned frog | Endemic to the Balabac and Palawan | |
Montipora setosa | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
Neostethus thessa | Priapium fish | Endemic to Lake Mainit, Mindanao | |
Nyctimene rabori | Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat | Endemic to the Visayas | |
Oligodon meyerinkii | Sulu short-headed snake | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | |
Opisthotropis alcalai | Gary's mountain keelback | Endemic to the Mount Malindang, Zamboanga del Norte | |
Ospatulus palaemophagus | Sulu short-headed snake | Endemic to Lake Lanao | |
Papilio chikae | Luzon peacock swallowtail) | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Parantica milagros | Milagros' tiger | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Parantica schoenigi | Father Schoenig's chocolate | Endemic to the Philippines | |
Pectinia maxima | Pectinia coral | Native to Northern Australia and Southeast Asia | |
Pelochelys cantorii | Frog-faced softshell turtle, Cantor's giant softshell | Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | |
Pelophryne albotaeniata | Palawan toadlet | Endemic to Palawan | |
Penelopides mindorensis | Mindoro hornbill | Talusi tirik, Tirik | Endemic to Mindoro |
Penelopides panini | Visayan hornbill, tarictic hornbill, Ticao tarictic hornbill | Tariktik, Talusi, Taosi | Less than 1800 individuals remain. Endemic to Visayas. Subspecies on Ticao likely extinct. |
Phapitreron cinereiceps | Tawitawi brown dove | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | |
Philautus schmackeri | Mindoro tree frog | Endemic to Mindoro | |
Philautus surrufus | Endemic to Mindanao | ||
Platymantis cagayanensis | Endemic to Luzon and Palaui Island | ||
Platymantis hazelae | Hazel's forest frog | Endemic to Masbate and Negros Island | |
Platymantis lawtoni | Endemic to Romblon, Tablas Island, and the Sibuyan Islands | ||
Platymantis levigatus | Endemic to Romblon, Tablas Island, and the Sibuyan Islands | ||
Platymantis negrosensis | Negros forest frog | Endemic to Panay and Negros Island | |
Platymantis panayensis | Panay forest frog | Endemic to Panay | |
Platymantis polillensis | Polilo forest frog | Endemic to Polillo Island and the Aurora Province | |
Platymantis spelaeus | Endemic to limestone caves in Negros Island | ||
Platymantis subterrestris | Mount Data forest frog | Endemic to the central Luzon highlands | |
Platymantis taylori | Endemic to the Sierra Madres of Luzon | ||
Podogymnura aureospinula | Dinagat moonrat, Dinagat gymnure | xxxxxxxx | Endemic to the Dinagat Islands |
Porites eridani | Stony coral | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
Porites ornata | Stony coral | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
Pseudorabdion montanum | Mountain burrowing snake | Endemic to Negros Island | |
Prioniturus verticalis | Blue-winged racquet-tail | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | |
Ramphotyphlops suluensis | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | ||
Rhinocypha hageni | Endemic to Jolo Island | ||
Rhinomyias albigularis | White-throated jungle-flycatcher | Endemic to western Visayas | |
Risiocnemis antoniae | Endemic to Mindanao | ||
Rusa alfredi | Philippine spotted deer, Visayan spotted deer | Endemic to Panay and Negros Island, though formerly found throughout Visayas | |
Sphenomorphus biparietalis | Sulu Sphenomorphus | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | |
Sphyrna lewini | Scalloped Hammerhead | Global | |
Sphyrna mokarran | Great hammerhead shark | Global | |
Stachyris nigrorum | Negros striped-babbler, Negros tree-babbler | Endemic to Negros Island | |
Sulcosticta striata | Endemic to Luzon | ||
Sundathelphusa sottoae | Endemic to Bohol | ||
Sus oliveri | Oliver's warty pig | Endemic to Mindoro | |
Tragulus nigricans | Philippine mouse-deer, Balabac mouse deer | Pilandok | Endemic to Balabac and nearby islands in southwest Palawan |
Tringa guttifer | Spotted greenshank, Nordmann's greenshank | Native to Asia | |
Varanus mabitang | Panay monitor lizard | Mabitang | Endemic to Panay |
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