The Philippines has more than 20,000 species found nowhere else in the world. As of 2004, there were a total of 35 threatened animal species found in the region. A few examples are the Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), Visayan spotted deer (Cervus alfredi), white-winged flying fox (Pteropus leucopterus), and Visayan warty pig (Sus cebiformis), each endemic to the Philippines.14 Due to centuries of hunting and deforestation, and more recently urban development, large animals are now rare and wild species are confined to the remote forest and mountain areas in the region (Lusterio-Berja and Colson, 2008).
Of the 1,137 bird, mammal and amphibian species endemic to the country, 592 are considered “threatened or endangered” by the IUCN Red List, along with 227 endemic species of flowering plants. Source: Wilderness Resources
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