Mammals

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Common Name: Samar Montane Tree Squirrel
Scientific Name: Sundasclurus samarensis
Local Name:
Distribution: Samar Island
Category: VULNERABLE

Common Name: Short-tailed Mongoose
Scientific Name: Herpestes brachyurus
Local Name:
Distribution: Northern Palawan

Common Name: Sierra Madre Shrew-Mouse
Scientific Name: Archboldomys musseri
Local Name:
Distribution: Cagayan Province

Common Name: Small Luzon Forest Mouse
Scientific Name: Apomys microdon
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Mt. Banahaw

Common Name: Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat
Scientific Name: Rhinolopus subrufus
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Palanan in Isabela Province, Luzon Island, Camarines Sur,
Camiguin, Cantanduanes, Laguna, Pampanga, Rizal and Sorsogon provinces and Mindoro

Common Name: Southern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Scientific Name: Phloeomys cumingi
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Marinduque, Mt. Isarog in Bicol Region, Catanduanes, Sorsogon
Diet: Feeds on tender young leaves and fruit
Category: VULNERABLE

Common Name: Sulawesi Mastiff Bat
Scientific Name: Rhinolophus virgo (K. Andersen, 1905)
Local Name: Byakan
Distribution: Benguet, South Cotabato and Misamis Oriental, and Palawan
Habitatforest, woodland, savannah, and dry brushland. These bats roost in caves,
mines, culverts, hollow trees, crevices, attics, and thatched roofs.
Diet:
Category:
Remarks: Another name, Philippinopterus Taylor, 1934, is a synonym of Mops, and its only species
M. lanei of Mindanao, was considered conspecific with M. sarasinorum by Koopman (1975).

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Common Name: Tamaraw
Scientific Name: Bubalus mindorensis
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Mindoro

Common Name: Tawi-tawi Island Rat
Scientific Name: Rattus tawitawiensis
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Tawi-Tawi Province
Category: VULNERABLE

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Common Name: Visayan Warty Pig
Scientific Name: Sus cebifrons
Local Name: Kumpong
Distribution: Negros Island, Western Panay Island, Cebu, Guimaras, Masbate
Habitat: Originally in primary and secondary forests from sea level to mossy forests at 1,600m;
now found only above 800m
Category: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

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Common Name: White-winged Flying Fox
Scientific Name: Pteropus leucopterus
Local Name:
Distribution: ENDEMIC - Dinagat in Surigao del Norte

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Common Name: Yellow-faced Horseshoe Bat
Scientific Name: Rhinolophus virgo (K. Andersen, 1905)
Local Name: Byakan
Distribution: Bataan, Busuanga, Catanduanes, Cebu, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Isabela, Negros, Pampanga,
Mindanao, Rizal provinces.
Habitatroost in hollow trees, caves, and buildings
Diet:
Category:

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NOTE: "Common Names" for the following species are still being researched. FYI

Common Name: ??? large flying fox
Scientific Name: Pteropus
Local Name:
Distribution: Laguna

Common Name: ??? large flying fox
Scientific Name: Acerodon spp
Local Name:
Distribution: Laguna

Common Name: ??? moss-mouse
Scientific Name: Tarsomys sp.
Local Name:
Distribution: Mt. Kitanglad

Common Name: ??? shrew-mouse
Scientific Name: Crunomys suncoides
Local Name:
Distribution: Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon

Common Name: ??? squirrel
Scientific Name: Sundasciurus philippinensis
Local Name:
Distribution: Mt. Timolan in Zamboanga del Sur


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