Unique Animals Found In The Philippines
It excludes near threatened (nt), data deficient (dd), and prehistoric species.
Unique animals found in the philippines. Zebra duiker is a small antelope with zebra like stripes, only found in liberia. It can be most easily found at the mouth of the amazon river, where it feeds on bugs and small fish. Gener geminiano (author) from land of salt, philippines on april 25, 2010:
These appendages are used for their sense of touch and contain more than 25,000 sensory receptors. It is also found along southeastern areas of canada. In the philippines, you can find tarsier in the southeastern region of the archipelago.
From birds to reptiles, fruits, and flowers: It is the sole member of the genus condylura. Crustaceans are very diverse in the archipelago.
The largest moth, the atlas moth, can be found in the philippines. There are over 200 species of reptiles and 2,500 species of insects in the islands of the philippines. The philippines is truly unique in having the largest number of “endemic suids” other pig species that can be found in this country are;
Fossils of these animals were also found in north america and europe. Found in brazil, the penis snake was discovered by sir graham hales in rainforest ecosystems. These are mammals that exist only on the island, and nowhere else on earth.
The sloth is the slowest mammal in the world and are best known for slow motion lifestyle. This species was once widespread throughout southeast asia. More than 50 species of freshwater crabs (in genera carpomon, insulamon, isolapotamon, mainitia, mindoron, ovitamon, parathelphusa and sundathelphusa) are known from the philippines and all are endemic to the country.