List of Threatened (Vulnerable) 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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| Acanthastrea spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Acerodon leucotis | Palawan flying fox | Endemic to Palawan and neighboring islands | |
| Acrocephalus sorghophilus | Streaked reed-warbler | Native to China, Taiwan, and the Philippines | |
| Acropora spp. | Table corals | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Actenoides hombroni | Blue-capped kingfisher | Endemic to Mindanao | |
| Aetomylaeus nichofii | Banded eagle ray | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Aioliops brachypterus | Endemic to Miniloc Island and El Nido Island | ||
| Alionycteris paucidentata | Mindanao pygmy fruit bat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Alveopora spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Anacropora spp. | Briar corals | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Ansonia mcgregori | Endemic to Mindanao | ||
| Ansonia muelleri | Endemic to Mindanao and Dinagat Island | ||
| Anthracoceros marchei | Palawan hornbill | Endemic to the Palawan archipelago | |
| Anas luzonica | Philippine duck | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Anonymomys mindorensis | Mindoro climbing rat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Aonyx cinerea | Asian small-clawed otter | Found in Palawan in the Philippines. Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | |
| Apomys gracilirostris | Large Mindoro forest mouse | Endemic to Mindoro | |
| Apomys sacobianus | Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Archboldomys luzonensis | Mt. Isarog shrew-mouse | Endemic to Mt. Isarog, Camarines Sur | |
| Arctictis binturong | Binturong | Binturong | Found in Palawan in the Philippines. Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia |
| Argiolestes realensis | Endemic to Quezon Province on Luzon | ||
| Astreopora spp. | Star corals | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Atherinomorus lineatus | Lined silverside | Native to Indonesia and the Philippines | |
| Atrophaneura atropos | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Atrophaneura schadenbergi | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Australogyra zelli | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Barabattoia laddi | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Barbourula busuangensis | Philippine flat-headed frog | Endemic to Busuanga, Culion, and Palawan | |
| Bolbometopon muricatum | Humphead parrotfish | Native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean | |
| Boroda expatria | Endemic to Lake Manguao, Palawan | ||
| Bubo philippensis | Philippine eagle-owl | Kuwago, Bukao, Búho Filipino | Endemic to the Philippines |
| Bullimus gamay | Camiguin forest rat | Endemic to Camiguin | |
| Carcharhinus longimanus | Oceanic whitetip shark | Global | |
| Carcharodon carcharias | Great white shark | Global | |
| Catalaphyllia jardinei | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Caulastrea curvata | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Caulastrea echinulata | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Centrophorus squamosus | Deepwater spiny dogfish | Old World | |
| Ceyx melanurus | Philippine dwarf kingfisher | Endemic to the eastern Philippines | |
| Chloropsis flavipennis | Philippine leafbird | Endemic to Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao. Presumed extinct on Cebu | |
| Coeliccia exoleta | Endemic to Mindanao and Camiguin | ||
| Coracina mindanensis | Black-bibbed cicadabird | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Coracina ostenta | White-winged cuckooshrike | Endemic to Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Island | |
| Cromileptes altivelis | Pantherfish, humpback grouper | Lapu-lapu, Tabadlo, Salingukod, Labungan, Señorita, Baraka | Native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania |
| Crunomys melanius | Mindanao shrew rat | Endemic to Camiguin, Leyte, and Mindanao | |
| Cynocephalus volans | Philippine flying lemur | Kagwang | Endemic to Bohol, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao, and neighboring islands |
| Cyphastrea agassizi | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean | ||
| Cyphastrea ocellina | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean | ||
| Dasia griffini | Griffin's keel-scaled tree skink | Endemic to Palawan and Mindoro | |
| Dendrocopos ramsayi | Sulu woodpecker | Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago | |
| Dicaeum haematostictum | Visayan flowerpecker | Endemic to Western Visayas and Negros | |
| Dicaeum retrocinctum | Scarlet-collared flowerpecker | Endemic to Mindoro | |
| Draco mindanensis | Mindanao flying dragon | Tabili | Endemic to Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao and Samar. |
| Drepanosticta centrosaurus | Endemic to Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental | ||
| Dryocalamus philippinus | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Dryophiops philippina | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Ducula carola | Spotted imperial pigeon | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Ducula pickeringii | Grey imperial-pigeon | Endemic to Palawan, Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago | |
| Dugong dugon | Dugong | Baboy-dagat, Duyon, Dugong[3] | Tropical waters of the Indian and Western Pacific Ocean |
| Echinophyllia costata | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Echinopora ashmorensis | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Ecsenius kurti | Endemic to the northern Sulu Sea | ||
| Egretta eulophotes | Chinese egret | Native to Southeast Asia and East Asia | |
| Emberiza sulphurata | Yellow bunting | Native to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, wintering in the Philippines | |
| Epinephelus bruneus | Kelp grouper | Lapu-lapu | Native to China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines |
| Epinephelus lanceolatus | Brindled grouper | Lapu-lapu, Bantol, Kugtung, Pugapo | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean |
| Erythrura viridifacies | Green-faced parrotfinch | Endemic to Luzon, Panay, and Negros Island | |
| Euphyllia spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Eurylaimus samarensis | Visayan broadbill | Endemic to Eastern Visayas | |
| Eurylaimus steerii | Mindanao broadbill | Endemic to Mindanao, Dinagat, Siargao and Basilan | |
| Favites spinosa | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Ficedula basilanica | Little slaty flycatcher | Endemic to Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao and Basilan | |
| Ficedula platenae | Palawan flycatcher | Endemic to Palawan | |
| Fungia spp. | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Galaxea spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Gallicolumba platenae | Mindoro bleeding-heart | Kulo-kulo | Endemic to Mindoro |
| Gallirallus calayanensis | Calayan rail | Piding | Endemic to Calayan Island |
| Gekko ernstkelleri | Endemic to Panay | ||
| Gekko gigante | Gigante narrow-disked gecko | Endemic to the Gigante Islands | |
| Glaucostegus granulatus | Sharpnose Guitarfish | Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | |
| Goniastrea spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Goniopora spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Graphium idaeoides | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Graphium megaera | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Grus antigone | Sarus crane | Extinct in the Philippines. Native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northern Australia | |
| Gynacantha constricta | Endemic to Laguna, Luzon | ||
| Haeromys pusillus | Lesser Ranee mouse | Possibly extinct in the Philippines. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia | |
| Halomitra clavator | Native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and the Philippines | ||
| Heliofungia actiniformis | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Heliopora coerulea | Blue coral | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hemigaleus microstoma | Sickle fin weasel shark | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hemipristis elongata | Snaggletooth shark | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hippocampus barbouri | Barbour's seahorse | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | |
| Hippocampus comes | Tiger tail seahorse | Native to Southeast Asia | |
| Hippocampus kuda | Common seahorse | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hippocampus spinosissimus | Hedgehog seahorse | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hippocampus trimaculatus | Three-spot seahorse | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Hydrophis semperi | Lake Taal snake | Endemic to Lake Taal | |
| Hydrosaurus pustulatus | Crested lizard | Soa-soa | Endemic to the northern and central Philippines |
| Hylarana igorota | Endemic to Cordillera Central, Luzon | ||
| Hylarana tipanan | Endemic to the Sierra Madres of Luzon | ||
| Hypothymis coelestis | Celestial blue monarch | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Hystrix pumila | Philippine porcupine | Endemic to Palawan | |
| Idea electra | Electra's tree-nymph | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Isopora spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Isurus oxyrinchus | Shortfin Mako | Global | |
| Kaloula kalingensis | Kalinga narrowmouth toad | Endemic to northern Luzon, Polillo, and Palaui | |
| Kaloula rigida | Luzon narrowmouth toad | Endemic to northern Luzon | |
| Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley | Global | |
| Leptastrea aequalis | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Leptoria irregularis | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean | ||
| Leptoseris spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Ocean | ||
| Limnonectes acanthi | Endemic to Balabac, Busuanga, Culion and Palawan | ||
| Limnonectes diuatus | Endemic to the Diuata Mountains and Mount Kitanglad in Mindanao | ||
| Limnonectes parvus | Endemic to Mindanao | ||
| Limnonectes visayanus | Endemic to Masbate, Cebu, Negros Island, Guimaras, Panay and Siquijor | ||
| Lobophyllia spp. | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Mainitia mainitensis | Endemic to Lake Mainit, Mindanao | ||
| Megaerops wetmorei | White-collared fruit bat | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Humpback whale | Balyena | Global, stable presence in northern Luzon[4] |
| Megophrys stejnegeri | Mindanao horned frog | Endemic to Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Samar, and Mindanao | |
| Millepora foveolata | Native to the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Montastrea spp. | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Montipora spp. | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Moseleya latistellata | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Muscicapa randi | Ashy-breasted flycatcher | Endemic to Luzon, Negros Island | |
| Mycedium steeni | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Mydaus marchei | Palawan stink badger | Endemic to Palawan and Busuanga | |
| Nebrius ferrugineus | Tawny nurse shark | Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Nemenzophyllia turbida | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | ||
| Nemipterus virgatus | Golden Threadfin Bream | Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean | |
| Nisaetus philippensis | Philippine hawk-eagle | Aguila-azor Filipina | Endemic to Luzon |
| Otopteropus cartilagonodus | Luzon fruit bat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Otus gurneyi | Giant scops-owl, lesser eagle-owl | Kuwago, Búho De Mindanao | Endemic to Samar, Dinagat, Siargao and Mindanao |
| Phapitreron brunneiceps | Mindanao brown dove | Endemic to Mindanao and Basilan | |
| Physeter macrocephalus | Sperm whale | Global | |
| Pteropus pumilus | Little golden-mantled flying fox | Endemic to Visayas, Western Mindanao, and some islands in Indonesia | |
| Pteropus speciosus | Philippine gray flying fox | Endemic to a few islands in Mindanao and Borneo | |
| Ptilinopus marchei | Flame-breasted fruit dove | Endemic to Luzon | |
| Rattus mindorensis | Mindoro black rat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Rattus tawitawiensis | Tawi-tawi forest rat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Rhincodon typus | Whale shark | Butanding, Balilan, Taluki, Tawiki | Tropical waters worldwide; Donsol, Pasacao and Batangas in the Philippines |
| Rhinolophus subrufus | Small rufous horseshoe bat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Rhynchomys isarogensis | Isarog shrew rat | Endemic to Mt. Isarog, Camarines Sur | |
| Rusa marianna | Philippine deer | Usa | Native and threatened in the Philippines. Introduced and common in Guam |
| Squalus montalbani | Philippine spurdog | Philippines, Indonesia, and tropical Australia | |
| Sundasciurus rabori | Palawan montane squirrel | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Sundasciurus samarensis | Samar squirrel | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Sus ahoenobarbus | Palawan bearded pig | Endemic to Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian Islands | |
| Sus philippensis | Philippine warty pig | Endemic to Luzon and neighboring islands | |
| Tarsomys echinatus | Spiny long-footed rat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Tupaia palawanensis | Palawan treeshrew | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Tryphomys adustus | Luzon short-nosed rat | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Turnix worcesteri | Worcester's buttonquail | Pugo | Endemic to Luzon |
| Urogale everetti | Mindanao treeshrew | Endemic to Mindanao and adjacent small islands | |
| Varanus olivaceus | Gray's monitor | Butaan | Endemic to eastern Luzon Catanduanes Polillo and adjacent islands |
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