List of Philippine endangered species

Endangered Plant Species

*Tree FernScientific Name: "Cyathea spp." Family: Cyatheaceae Common Name: Tree Fern Local Name: "Natong"

*Chamberlain's "Pitogo"Scientific Name: "Cycas chamberlainii Br. & Kienh." Family: Cycadaceae Common Name: Chamberlain's Pitogo Local Name: "Pitogong Arayat" ...

*fan palmsScientific Name: "Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr." Family: Palmae Common Name: Fan Palm Local Name: "Magilay"

*"Kabantigi"Scientific Name: "Pemphis acidula Forst." Family: Lythraceae Local Name: "Kabantigi"

*"Almaciga"Scientific Name: "Agathis philippinensis Warb." Family: Araucariaceae Common Name: "Almaciga"

*BelladonnaScientific Name: "Paneolatus spp." Family: Subbulteatous Common Name: Deadly Nightshade Local Name: "Zhina"

*Jade VineScientific Name: "Strongylodon macrobotrys A. Gray" Family: Leguminosae Common Name: Jade Vine Local Name: "Tayabak"

*Philippine Date PalmScientific Name: "Phoenix hanceana Naud. var. philippinensis Becc." Family: Palmae Common Name: Philippine date palm Local Name: "Voiavoi"

*"Kanyon", "Luplupak"Scientific Name: "Lilium philippinense Baker" Family: Liliaceae Local Name: "Kanyon", "Luplupak"

*"Waling-waling"Scientific Name: "Vanda sanderiana Reichb.f." Family: Orchidaceae Local Name: "Waling-waling"

*"Bungang-ipot"Scientific Name: "Areca ipot" Becc. Family: Palmae Local Name: "Bungang-ipot"

*Staghorn FernScientific Name: "Platycerium grande (J. Sm. ex Fee) Presl" Family: Polypodiaceae Common Name: Staghorn Fern Local Name: "Capa de leon"

*Philippine "Camia"Scientific Name: "Hedychium philippinense K. Schum." Family: Zingiberaceae Common Name: Philippine Garland, Philippine Camia Local Name: "Camia", White Ginger

Endangered Animal Species

* Philippine Tarsier - "Tarsius syrichta"
* Philippine Spotted Deer - "Rusa alfredi" (sometimes classified as "Cervus alfredi")
* Philippine Sambar (Deer) - "Cervus mariannus"
* Calamian Deer - "Axis calamianensis"
* Philippine Crocodile - "Crocodylus mindorensis"
* Estuarine Crocodile - "Crocodylus porosus" (Philippine population classified as "at risk")
* Tamaraw - "Bubalus mindorensis"
* Philippine Warty Pig - "Sus philippensis"
* Visayan Warty Pig - "Sus cebifrons"
* Palawan Bearded Pig - "Sus ahoenobarbus" (also sometimes classified as a subspecies: "Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus")
* Philippine Eagle - "Pithecophaga jefferyi"

Extinct Mammals

* Dwarf Water Buffalo - "Bubalus cebuensis"

ee also

* Wild Pigs of the Philippines

External links

* [http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dwarf_buffalo.php "Fossil Of New Species Of Dwarf Buffalo From Philippines Described By American Museum Of Natural History Paleontologist And Colleagues]

References

* [http://www.pnh.com.ph/category/5-Critical-Plant-Sites/ Digital Library of Plant Specimens]

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