List of threatened species of the Philippines explained

This is a list of threatened plant and animal species in the Philippines as classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species. It excludes near threatened (NT), data deficient (DD), and prehistoric species.[1]

Animals

The following is a list of animal species classified as threatened:[1] [2]

Vulnerable

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)DistributionOrder
Acanthastrea spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Acerodon leucotisPalawan flying foxEndemic to Palawan and neighboring islandsChiroptera
Acrocephalus sorghophilusStreaked reed-warblerNative to China, Taiwan, and the PhilippinesPasseriformes
Acropora spp.Table coralsNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Actenoides hombroniBlue-capped kingfisherEndemic to MindanaoCoraciiformes
Aetomylaeus nichofiiBanded eagle rayNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanMyliobatiformes
Aioliops brachypterusEndemic to Miniloc Island and El Nido IslandPerciformes
Alionycteris paucidentataMindanao pygmy fruit batEndemic to the PhilippinesChiroptera
Alveopora spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Anacropora spp.Briar coralsNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Ansonia mcgregoriEndemic to MindanaoAnura
Ansonia muelleriEndemic to Mindanao and Dinagat IslandAnura
Anthracoceros marcheiPalawan hornbillEndemic to the Palawan archipelagoCoraciiformes
Anas luzonicaPhilippine duckEndemic to the PhilippinesAnseriformes
Anonymomys mindorensisMindoro climbing ratEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Aonyx cinereaAsian small-clawed otterFound in Palawan in the Philippines. Native to South Asia and Southeast AsiaCarnivora
Apomys gracilirostrisLarge Mindoro forest mouseEndemic to MindoroRodentia
Apomys sacobianusLong-nosed Luzon forest mouseEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Aptenorallus calayanensisCalayan railPidingEndemic to Calayan IslandGruiformes
Archboldomys luzonensisMt. Isarog shrew-mouseEndemic to Mt. Isarog, Camarines SurRodentia
Arctictis binturongBinturongBinturongFound in Palawan in the Philippines. Native to South Asia and Southeast AsiaCarnivora
Astreopora spp.Star coralsNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Atherinomorus lineatusLined silversideNative to Indonesia and the PhilippinesAtheriniformes
Atrophaneura atroposEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Atrophaneura schadenbergiEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Australogyra zelliNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Barbourula busuangensisPhilippine flat-headed frogEndemic to Busuanga, Culion, and PalawanAnura
Bolbometopon muricatumHumphead parrotfishNative to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific OceanPerciformes
Boroda expatriaEndemic to Lake Manguao, PalawanPerciformes
Bubo philippensisPhilippine eagle-owlKuwago, Bukao, Búho FilipinoEndemic to the PhilippinesStrigiformes
Bullimus gamayCamiguin forest ratEndemic to CamiguinRodentia
Carcharhinus longimanusOceanic whitetip sharkGlobalLamniformes
Carcharodon carchariasGreat white sharkGlobalLamniformes
Catalaphyllia jardineiNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Caulastrea curvataNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Caulastrea echinulataNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Centrophorus squamosusDeepwater spiny dogfishOld WorldSqualiformes
Ceyx melanurusPhilippine dwarf kingfisherEndemic to the eastern PhilippinesCoraciiformes
Chloropsis flavipennisPhilippine leafbirdEndemic to Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao. Presumed extinct on CebuPasseriformes
Coeliccia exoletaEndemic to Mindanao and CamiguinOdonata
Coracina mindanensisBlack-bibbed cicadabirdEndemic to the PhilippinesPasseriformes
Coracina ostentaWhite-winged cuckooshrikeEndemic to Panay, Guimaras, and Negros IslandPasseriformes
Cromileptes altivelisPantherfish, humpback grouperLapu-lapu, Tabadlo, Salingukod, Labungan, Señorita, BarakaNative to South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and OceaniaPerciformes
Crunomys melaniusMindanao shrew ratEndemic to Camiguin, Leyte, and MindanaoRodentia
Cynocephalus volansPhilippine flying lemurKagwangEndemic to Bohol, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao, and neighboring islandsDermoptera
Cyphastrea agassiziNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific OceanScleractinia
Cyphastrea ocellinaNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific OceanScleractinia
Dasia griffiniGriffin's keel-scaled tree skinkEndemic to Palawan and MindoroSquamata
Dendrocopos ramsayiSulu pygmy woodpeckerEndemic to the Sulu ArchipelagoPiciformes
Dicaeum haematostictumVisayan flowerpeckerEndemic to Western Visayas and NegrosPasseriformes
Dicaeum retrocinctumScarlet-collared flowerpeckerEndemic to MindoroPasseriformes
Dipsastraea laddiNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Draco mindanensisMindanao flying dragonTabiliEndemic to Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao and Samar.Squamata
Drepanosticta centrosaurusEndemic to Surigao del Sur and Davao OrientalOdonata
Dryocalamus philippinusEndemic to the PhilippinesSquamata
Dryophiops philippinaEndemic to the PhilippinesSquamata
Ducula carolaSpotted imperial pigeonEndemic to the PhilippinesColumbiformes
Ducula pickeringiiGrey imperial-pigeonEndemic to Palawan, Mindanao and the Sulu archipelagoColumbiformes
Dugong dugonDugongBaboy-dagat, Duyon, Dugong[3] Tropical waters of the Indian and Western Pacific OceanSirenia
Echinophyllia costataNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Echinopora ashmorensisNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Ecsenius kurtiEndemic to the northern Sulu SeaPerciformes
Egretta eulophotesChinese egretNative to Southeast Asia and East AsiaCiconiiformes
Emberiza sulphurataYellow buntingNative to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, wintering in the PhilippinesPasseriformes
Epinephelus bruneusKelp grouperLapu-lapuNative to China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the PhilippinesPerciformes
Epinephelus lanceolatusBrindled grouperLapu-lapu, Bantol, Kugtung, PugapoNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific OceanPerciformes
Erythrura viridifaciesGreen-faced parrotfinchEndemic to Luzon, Panay, and Negros IslandPasseriformes
Euphyllia spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Eurylaimus samarensisVisayan broadbillEndemic to Eastern VisayasPasseriformes
Eurylaimus steeriiMindanao broadbillEndemic to Mindanao, Dinagat, Siargao and BasilanPasseriformes
Favites spinosaNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Ficedula basilanicaLittle slaty flycatcherEndemic to Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao and BasilanPasseriformes
Ficedula platenaePalawan flycatcherEndemic to PalawanPasseriformes
Fungia spp.Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Galaxea spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Gallicolumba platenaeMindoro bleeding-heartKulo-kuloEndemic to MindoroColumbiformes
Gekko ernstkelleriEndemic to PanaySquamata
Gekko giganteGigante narrow-disked geckoEndemic to the Gigantes Islands, Carles, IloiloSquamata
Glaucostegus granulatusSharpnose GuitarfishNative to South Asia and Southeast AsiaRajiformes
Goniastrea spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Goniopora spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Graphium idaeoidesEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Graphium megaeraEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Grus antigoneSarus craneExtinct in the Philippines. Native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northern AustraliaGruiformes
Gynacantha constrictaEndemic to Laguna, LuzonOdonata
Haeromys pusillusLesser Ranee mousePossibly extinct in the Philippines. Native to Indonesia and MalaysiaRodentia
Halomitra clavatorNative to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and the PhilippinesScleractinia
Heliofungia actiniformisNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Heliopora coeruleaBlue coralNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Hemigaleus microstomaSickle fin weasel sharkNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanCarcharhiniformes
Hemipristis elongataSnaggletooth sharkNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanCarcharhiniformes
Hippocampus barbouriBarbour's seahorseNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the PhilippinesSyngnathiformes
Hippocampus comesTiger tail seahorseNative to Southeast AsiaSyngnathiformes
Hippocampus kudaCommon seahorseNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanSyngnathiformes
Hippocampus spinosissimusHedgehog seahorseNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanSyngnathiformes
Hippocampus trimaculatusThree-spot seahorseNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanSyngnathiformes
Hydrophis semperiLake Taal snakeEndemic to Lake TaalSquamata
Hydrosaurus pustulatusCrested lizardSoa-soaEndemic to the northern and central PhilippinesSquamata
Hylarana igorotaEndemic to Cordillera Central, LuzonAnura
Hylarana tipananEndemic to the Sierra Madres of LuzonAnura
Hypothymis coelestisCelestial blue monarchEndemic to the PhilippinesPasseriformes
Hystrix pumilaPhilippine porcupineEndemic to PalawanRodentia
Idea electraElectra's tree-nymphEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Isopora spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Isurus oxyrinchusShortfin MakoGlobalLamniformes
Kaloula kalingensisKalinga narrowmouth toadEndemic to northern Luzon, Polillo, and PalauiAnura
Kaloula rigidaLuzon narrowmouth toadEndemic to northern LuzonAnura
Lepidochelys olivaceaOlive ridleyGlobalTestudines
Leptastrea aequalisNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Leptoria irregularisNative to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific OceanScleractinia
Leptoseris spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific OceanScleractinia
Limnonectes acanthiEndemic to Balabac, Busuanga, Culion and PalawanAnura
Limnonectes diuatusEndemic to the Diuata Mountains and Mount Kitanglad in MindanaoAnura
Limnonectes parvusEndemic to MindanaoAnura
Limnonectes visayanusEndemic to Masbate, Cebu, Negros Island, Guimaras, Panay and SiquijorAnura
Lobophyllia spp.Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Luzonargiolestes realensisEndemic to Quezon Province on LuzonOdonata
Mainitia mainitensisEndemic to Lake Mainit, MindanaoDecapoda
Megaerops wetmoreiWhite-collared fruit batNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the PhilippinesChiroptera
Megaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whaleBalyenaGlobal, stable presence in northern Luzon[4] Cetacea
Megophrys stejnegeriMindanao horned frogEndemic to Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Samar, and MindanaoAnura
Millepora foveolataNative to the western Pacific OceanMilleporina
Montastraea spp.Native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Montipora spp.Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Moseleya latistellataNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Muscicapa randiAshy-breasted flycatcherEndemic to Luzon, Negros IslandPasseriformes
Mycedium steeniNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Mydaus marcheiPalawan stink badgerEndemic to Palawan and BusuangaCarnivora
Nebrius ferrugineusTawny nurse sharkNative to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanOrectolobiformes
Nemenzophyllia turbidaNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Nemipterus virgatusGolden threadfin breamNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanPerciformes
Nisaetus philippensisPhilippine hawk-eagleAguila-azor FilipinaEndemic to LuzonFalconiformes
Otopteropus cartilagonodusLuzon fruit batEndemic to the PhilippinesChiroptera
Otus gurneyiGiant scops-owl, lesser eagle-owlKuwago, Búho De MindanaoEndemic to Samar, Dinagat, Siargao and MindanaoStrigiformes
Phapitreron brunneicepsMindanao brown doveEndemic to Mindanao and BasilanColumbiformes
Physeter macrocephalusSperm whaleGlobalCetacea
Pteropus pumilusLittle golden-mantled flying foxEndemic to Visayas, Western Mindanao, and some islands in IndonesiaChiroptera
Pteropus speciosusPhilippine gray flying foxEndemic to a few islands in Mindanao and BorneoChiroptera
Ptilinopus marcheiFlame-breasted fruit doveEndemic to LuzonColumbiformes
Rattus mindorensisMindoro black ratEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Rattus tawitawiensisTawi-tawi forest ratEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Rhincodon typusWhale sharkButanding, Balilan, Taluki, TawikiTropical waters worldwide; Donsol, Pasacao and Batangas in the PhilippinesOrectolobiformes
Rhinolophus subrufusSmall rufous horseshoe batEndemic to the PhilippinesChiroptera
Rhynchomys isarogensisIsarog shrew ratEndemic to Mt. Isarog, Camarines SurRodentia
Rusa mariannaPhilippine deerUsaNative and threatened in the Philippines. Introduced and common in GuamArtiodactyla
Squalus montalbaniPhilippine spurdogPhilippines, Indonesia, and tropical AustraliaSqualiformes
Sundasciurus raboriPalawan montane squirrelEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Sundasciurus samarensisSamar squirrelEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Sus ahoenobarbusPalawan bearded pigEndemic to Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian IslandsArtiodactyla
Sus philippensisPhilippine warty pigEndemic to Luzon and neighboring islandsArtiodactyla
Tarsomys echinatusSpiny long-footed ratEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Tupaia palawanensisPalawan treeshrewEndemic to the PhilippinesScandentia
Tryphomys adustusLuzon short-nosed ratEndemic to the PhilippinesRodentia
Turnix worcesteriWorcester's buttonquailPugoEndemic to LuzonCharadriiformes
Urogale everettiMindanao treeshrewEndemic to Mindanao and adjacent small islandsScandentia
Varanus olivaceusGray's monitorButaanEndemic to eastern Luzon Catanduanes Polillo and adjacent islandsSquamata

Endangered

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)DistributionOrder
Acerodon jubatusGiant golden-crowned flying fox, golden-capped fruit batEndemic to the PhilippinesChiroptera
Alveopora excelsaNet coralNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Alveopora minutaNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Anacropora spinosaNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Balaenoptera borealisSei whaleGlobalCetacea
Balaenoptera musculusBlue whaleBalyenaGlobalCetacea
Balaenoptera physalusFin whaleGlobalCetacea
Batomys russatusRusset batomys, Dinagat hairy-tailed ratEndemic to Dinagat IslandRodentia
Brachymeles makusogLoam swimming skinkEndemic to Catanduanes Island and some parts of Bicol RegionSquamata
Brachymeles vermisLimbless worm skinkEndemic to Sulu ArchipelagoSquamata
Caretta carettaLoggerheadGlobalTestudines
Cerberus microlepisDog-faced water snakeEndemic to Lake Buhi and Lake Manapao of the Bicol PeninsulaSquamata
Cheilinus undulatusHumphead wrasseMamengNative to the Indian Ocean and Pacific OceanPerciformes
Chelonia mydasGreen turtlePawikanGlobalTestudines
Copsychus cebuensisBlack shamaEndemic to CebuPasseriformes
Crateromys heaneyiPanay cloudrunner, Panay crateromysEndemic to PanayRodentia
Crocidura mindorusMindoro shrewEndemic to MindoroEulipotyphla
Crocidura negrinaNegros shrewEndemic to Negros IslandEulipotyphla
Dasycrotapha speciosaFlame-templed babblerEndemic to Panay and Negros IslandPasseriformes
Desmalopex leucopteraWhite-winged flying foxEndemic to the PhilippinesChiroptera
Drepanosticta ceratophoraEndemic to Palawan and BalabacOdonata
Ducula mindorensisMindoro imperial pigeon, Mindoro zone-tailed pigeonEndemic to MindoroColumbiformes
Gorsachius goisagiJapanese night-heronNative to Japan, China, Taiwan, and the PhilippinesPelecaniformes
Graphium sandawanumApo swallowtailEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Hemicordulia apoensisEndemic to Mount Apo, MindanaoOdonata
Hemitriakis leucoperipteraWhitefin topesharkEndemic to the PhilippinesCarcharhiniformes
Heosemys spinosaSunburst turtle, spiny terrapin, spiny turtle,Native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the PhilippinesTestudines
Hologerrhum dermaliEndemic to PanaySquamata
Hydnophora bonsaiSpine coralNative to Japan, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the PhilippinesScleractinia
Hyelaphus calamianensisCalamian deer, Calamian hog deer,Endemic to the Calamian Group of Islands of PalawanArtiodactyla
Hylarana mangyanumEndemic to Mindoro and SibayAnura
Ixos siquijorensisStreak-breasted bulbulEndemic to the PhilippinesPasseriformes
Kaloula kokaciiCatanduanes narrow-mouthed frogTaplang bukidEndemic to Catanduanes Island and some parts of Bicol regionAnura
Lithophyllon ranjithiNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the PhilippinesScleractinia
Lobophyllia serratusNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Luperosaurus joloensisJolo flapped-legged geckoEndemic to Mindanao and JoloSquamata
Luperosaurus macgregoriMcGregor's flapped-legged geckoEndemic to the Babuyan IslandsSquamata
Megophrys ligayaePalawan horned frogEndemic to the Balabac and PalawanAnura
Montipora setosaNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Neostethus thessaPriapium fishEndemic to Lake Mainit, MindanaoAtheriniformes
Nyctimene raboriPhilippine tube-nosed fruit batEndemic to the VisayasChiroptera
Oligodon meyerinkiiSulu short-headed snakeEndemic to the Sulu ArchipelagoSquamata
Opisthotropis alcalaiGary's mountain keelbackEndemic to the Mount Malindang, Zamboanga del NorteSquamata
Ospatulus palaemophagusSulu short-headed snakeEndemic to Lake LanaoSquamata
Papilio chikaeLuzon peacock swallowtail)Endemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Parantica milagrosMilagros' tigerEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Parantica schoenigiFather Schoenig's chocolateEndemic to the PhilippinesLepidoptera
Pectinia maximaPectinia coralNative to Northern Australia and Southeast AsiaScleractinia
Pelochelys cantoriiFrog-faced softshell turtle, Cantor's giant softshellNative to South Asia and Southeast AsiaTestudines
Pelophryne albotaeniataPalawan toadletEndemic to PalawanAnura
Penelopides mindorensisMindoro hornbillTalusi tirik, TirikEndemic to MindoroCoraciiformes
Penelopides paniniVisayan hornbill, tarictic hornbill, Ticao tarictic hornbillTariktik, Talusi, TaosiLess than 1800 individuals remain. Endemic to Visayas. Subspecies on Ticao likely extinct.Coraciiformes
Phapitreron cinereicepsTawitawi brown doveEndemic to the Sulu ArchipelagoColumbiformes
Philautus schmackeriMindoro tree frogEndemic to MindoroAnura
Philautus surrufusEndemic to MindanaoAnura
Platymantis cagayanensisEndemic to Luzon and Palaui IslandAnura
Platymantis hazelaeHazel's forest frogEndemic to Masbate and Negros IslandAnura
Platymantis lawtoniEndemic to Romblon, Tablas Island, and the Sibuyan IslandsAnura
Platymantis levigatusEndemic to Romblon, Tablas Island, and the Sibuyan IslandsAnura
Platymantis negrosensisNegros forest frogEndemic to Panay and Negros IslandAnura
Platymantis panayensisPanay forest frogEndemic to PanayAnura
Platymantis polillensisPolilo forest frogEndemic to Polillo Island and the Aurora ProvinceAnura
Platymantis spelaeusEndemic to limestone caves in Negros IslandAnura
Platymantis subterrestrisMount Data forest frogEndemic to the central Luzon highlandsAnura
Platymantis tayloriEndemic to the Sierra Madres of LuzonAnura
Podogymnura aureospinulaDinagat moonrat, Dinagat gymnureEndemic to the Dinagat IslandsErinaceomorpha
Porites eridaniStony coralNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Porites ornataStony coralNative to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific OceanScleractinia
Pseudorabdion montanumMountain burrowing snakeEndemic to Negros IslandSquamata
Ramphotyphlops suluensisEndemic to the Sulu ArchipelagoSquamata
Rhinocypha hageniEndemic to Jolo IslandOdonata
Rhinomyias albigularisWhite-throated jungle-flycatcherEndemic to western VisayasPasseriformes
Risiocnemis antoniaeEndemic to MindanaoOdonata
Rusa alfrediPhilippine spotted deer, Visayan spotted deerEndemic to Panay and Negros Island, though formerly found throughout VisayasArtiodactyla
Sphenomorphus biparietalisSulu sphenomorphusEndemic to the Sulu ArchipelagoSquamata
Sphyrna lewiniScalloped hammerheadGlobalCarcharhiniformes
Sphyrna mokarranGreat hammerhead sharkGlobalCarcharhiniformes
Stachyris nigrorumNegros striped-babbler, Negros tree-babblerEndemic to Negros IslandPasseriformes
Sulcosticta striataEndemic to LuzonOdonata
Sundathelphusa sottoaeEndemic to BoholDecapoda
Sus oliveriOliver's warty pigEndemic to MindoroArtiodactyla
Tragulus nigricansPhilippine mouse-deer, Balabac mouse deerPilandokEndemic to Balabac and nearby islands in southwest PalawanArtiodactyla
Tringa guttiferSpotted greenshank, Nordmann's greenshankNative to AsiaCharadriiformes
Varanus mabitangPanay monitor lizardMabitangEndemic to PanaySquamata

Critically endangered

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)Distribution
Aceros waldeniRufous-headed hornbill, Visayan wrinkled hornbill, Walden's hornbill, writhed-billed hornbillKalawEndemic to Panay, small concentrations on the southwestern end of the province of Zamboanga del Norte in Mindanao, may already be extinct on Negros, extinct on Guimaras
Anoxypristis cuspidataKnifetooth sawfish, narrow sawfish, pointed sawfishNative to the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean
Brachymeles cebuensisCebu small worm skinkEndemic to Cebu
Bubalus mindorensisTamaraw, Mindoro dwarf buffalo, TamarouTamaraw263 individuals in 2008. Being captive bred. Endemic to Mindoro
Cacatua haematuropygiaRed-vented cockatoo, Philippine cockatooKatala, KalangayAround 180 individuals left in the wild in Palawan. Being captive bred. Formerly widespread in the Philippines
Centropus steeriiBlack-hooded coucalEndemic to Mindoro
Cephalakompsus pachycheilusExtinct. Was endemic to Lake Lanao
Crateromys australisDinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat, Dinagat CrateromysEndemic to the Dinagat Islands, populations might also exist in Siargao and Bucas Grande
Crateromys paulusIlin Island cloudrunnerNo sightings since 1953. Possibly extinct. Endemic to Ilin Island.
Crocodylus mindorensisPhilippine crocodile, Mindoro crocodile, Philippine freshwater crocodileLess than 100 adults believed to survive in 1992. Endemic to the Philippines
Dobsonia chapmaniPhilippine bare-backed fruit bat, Philippine naked-backed fruit batRediscovered in 2000 after presumed extinct in the 1970s. Survives in very small numbers in Cebu and Negros Island
Eretmochelys imbricataHawksbill sea turtlePawikanGlobal
Gallicolumba keayiNegros bleeding-heartEndemic to Panay and Negros Island
Gallicolumba luzonicaLuzon bleeding heartKalapating gubat, punalada, kalapating dugong pusoLuzon Island, Polillo Island
Gallicolumba luzonica rubiventrisCatanduanes bleeding heartAgbaanCatanduanes Island, Possibly extinct
Gallicolumba menageiSulu bleeding-heartSighting reports in 1995. Endemic to the Sulu Archipelago
Gallicolumba platenaeMindoro bleeding-heartKulo-kuloLargest remaining population in Mount Siburan, Mindoro
Hampala lopeziEndemic to the Philippines
Helicostyla smargadinaEndemic to the Philippines
Lycodon chrysopraterosRoss' wolf snakeEndemic to Dalupiri Island, Cagayan Province. Possible specimens collected from Calayan and northern Camiguin de Babuyanes
Mandibularca resinusBaganganBaganganEndemic to Lake Lanao
Orcaella brevirostrisIrrawaddy dolphinNative to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia
Oriolus isabellaeIsabela oriole, Isabella orioleEstimated at less than 250 individuals remaining. Endemic to Luzon
Ospatulus truncatusBitunguBitunguEndemic to Lake Lanao
Pandaka pygmaeaDwarf pygmy gobyBia, TabiosPossibly extinct in the Philippines after land reclamation projects in Malabon of the Tullahan River habitat. Populations reported in Indonesia and Singapore
Parantica davidiDavid's tigerEndemic to the Philippines
Phloeomys cumingiSouthern Luzon giant tailed cloud ratEndemic to Catanduanes Island and Southern Luzon
Pithecophaga jefferyiPhilippine eagleHaribon180 to 500 birds are believed to survive. Currently being captive bred. Endemic to the Philippines
Platymantis insulatusEndemic to the Gigantes Sur, Iloilo Province
Prioniturus verticalisBlue-winged racquet-tailEndemic to the Sulu Archipelago
Pristis microdonLargetooth sawfish, freshwater sawfish, Leichhardt's sawfish, smalltooth sawfishEndemic to the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean
Protosticta plicataEndemic to Kawasan Falls in Cebu
Ptilinopus arcanusNegros fruit doveNo sightings since 1953. Possibly extinct. Endemic to Negros Island
Puntius amarusPaitPaitEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius baoulanBaolanBaolanEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius clemensiBaganganBaganganEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius disaDisaDisaEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius flavifuscusKatapa-tapaKatapa-tapaEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius herreiEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius kataloKatoloKatoloEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius lanaoensisKandarKandarEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius manalakManalakManalakEndemic to Lake Lanao
Puntius trasTrasTrasEndemic to Lake Lanao
Risiocnemis seidenschwarziPalataPalataEndemic to Cebu
Siebenrockiella leytensisPhilippine forest turtle, Philippine pond turtle, Palawan turtle, Leyte pond turtleRecently rediscovered. Endemic to Palawan
Spratellicypris palataPalataPalataEndemic to Lake Lanao
Sus cebifronsVisayan warty pigOne subspecies believed to be extinct. Surviving subspecies endemic to Panay and Negros Island. Being captive bred in the Netherlands and California

Plants

The following is a list of plant species classified as threatened:[1] [5]

Vulnerable

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)Distribution
Aerides leeanaEndemic to Luzon and Samar
Agathis philippinensisAlmaciga, dayungonAlmaciga, dayungon Endemic to the Philippines, Sulawesi and Halmahera
Aglaia ahernianaEndemic to the Philippines
Aglaia angustifoliaNative to the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Aglaia costataEndemic to the Philippines
Aglaia cumingianaNative to the Philippines and northern Borneo
Aglaia pyriformisEndemic to Luzon
Aglaia smithiiEndemic to Indonesia and the Philippines
Alangium longiflorumEndemic to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Areca parensTakobtobEndemic to the Philippines
Adenanthera intermediaEndemic to the Philippines
Antidesma subolivaceumEndemic to Palawan
Aquilaria cumingianaEndemic to East Kalimantan, the Moluccas and the Philippines
Aquilaria malaccensisAgarwood, aloewood, eaglewood, lign-aloesNative to South Asia and Southeast Asia
Ardisia squamulosaEndemic to the Philippines
Areca ipotIpot palmEndemic to southern Luzon
Areca whitfardiiEndemic to Luzon and Mindoro
Arthrophyllum pulgarenseEndemic to Palawan
Artocarpus blancoiEndemic to the Philippines
Artocarpus rubrovenusEndemic to the Philippines
Artocarpus treculianusEndemic to the Philippines
Avicennia rumphianaNative to Southeast Asia
Mangifera altissimaPahutan/paho mangoNative to Southeast Asia

Endangered

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)Distribution
Aerides lawrenceaeEndemic to Mindanao and Leyte
Amesiella philippinensisEndemic to Luzon and Mindoro
Anisoptera costataNative to Southeast Asia
Camptostemon philippinenseNative to Indonesia and the Philippines
Cryptocarya palawanensisEndemic to Palawan
Cycas riuminianaChamberlain's cycad, Arayat pitogoPitogoEndemic to Luzon
Diospyros philippinensisNative to the Philippines, possibly present in Borneo
Dipterocarpus alatusNative to Southeast Asia
Drepanolejeunea bakeriEndemic to Luzon
Gloeocarpus patentivalvisEndemic to Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, and Leyte
Guioa acuminataEndemic to Luzon and the Polillo Islands
Guioa discolorMalaalahanEndemic to Luzon and Samar
Guioa myriadeniaEndemic to Luzon
Guioa truncataEndemic to Mindanao
Heptapleurum albidobracteatumEndemic to Cebu, Leyte, and Mindanao
Heptapleurum palawanenseEndemic to Palawan
Horsfieldia obscurineriaEndemic to Luzon
Kibatalia puberulaEndemic to Samar
Kibatalia stenopetalaEndemic to Luzon and Mindanao
Mangifera monandraEndemic to Luzon, Samar, Leyte, Ticao and Guimaras.
Merrilliobryum fabronioidesEndemic to Luzon
Nepenthes belliiEndemic to Dinagat and Mindanao
Nepenthes truncataEndemic to Dinagat, Leyte, and Mindanao
Paphiopedilum ciliolareEndemic to Luzon, Mindanao, Camiguin, and Dinagat Island
Phalaenopsis lindeniiEndemic to Luzon
Podocarpus costalisEndemic to the Philippines and Taiwan
Prunus pulgarensisEndemic to Palawan and Luzon
Prunus rubiginosaEndemic to Luzon, Mindoro, Sibuyan and Mindanao
Shorea ovataDark red merantiNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Vanda javieraeEndemic to Calayan Island and Cagayan Province
Vanda scandensEndemic to Mindanao and Palawan
Vatica mangachapoiNative to Southeast Asia
Vatica maritimaNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines

Critically endangered

Scientific nameCommon name(s)Local name(s)Distribution
Alocasia atropurpureaEndemic to Luzon highlands
Alocasia sanderianaSander's alocasia, kris plantEndemic to Bukidnon, Catanduanes and Misamis Occidental, Philippines. Cultivated as an ornamental.
Alocasia sinuataEndemic to Samar
Amesiella monticolaEndemic to Luzon
Ascoglossum calopterumEndemic to Dinagat Island
Ceratocentron fesseliiEndemic to Nueva Ecija
Cryptocarya elliptifoliaFound to Lanyu Island in Taiwan, unknown status in the Philippines
Cycas curraniiCurran's pitogoEndemic to Palawan and Mindoro
Cycas wadeiWade's pitogoEndemic to Culion Island
Cycas zambalensisEndemic to Zambales
Dendrobium schuetzeiEndemic to Northeastern Mindanao
Dipterocarpus eurynchusNative to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Dipterocarpus gracilisNative to South Asia and Southeast Asia
Dipterocarpus grandiflorusApitongPossibly extinct. New sightings in Catanduanes' Gigmoto Forest reserve has to be confirmed. Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia
Dipterocarpus hasseltiiNative to Southeast Asia
Dipterocarpus kerriiNative to South Asia and Southeast Asia
Dipterocarpus kunstleriNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Dipterocarpus validusNative to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Gastrochilus calceolarisEndemic to Benguet
Gongrospermum philippinenseEndemic to Luzon
Guioa palawanicaEndemic to Palawan
Guioa parvifoliolaEndemic to Ilocos Norte
Guioa reticulataEndemic to Luzon. No reported collections since the 1960s–1970s
Heptapleurum agamaeEndemic to Palawan
Heptapleurum curraniiEndemic to Palawan
Hopea acuminataEndemic to the Philippines
Hopea basilanicaEndemic to the Philippines
Hopea brachypteraEndemic to the Mindanao
Hopea cagayanensisEndemic to northeast Luzon
Hopea malibatoDalingdinganEndemic to the Philippines
Hopea mindanensisPossibly already extinct. Endemic to the Philippines
Hopea philippinensisEndemic to the Philippines
Hopea plagataSaplungan, yakal saplunganNative to Malaysia, and the Philippines
Hopea quisumbingianaEndemic to the Samar
Hopea samarensisEndemic to the Philippines
Kibatalia longifoliaMalapasnitEndemic to Davao
Paphiopedilum adductumEndemic to the Mindanao
Paphiopedilum fowlieiEndemic to the Palawan
Paphiopedilum urbanianumEndemic to the Mindoro
Parashorea malaanonanWhite lauan, white serayaApnit, bagtikanNative to Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Phalaenopsis micholitziiEndemic to Camarines Sur and Zamboanga
Podocarpus palawanensisEndemic to Pagdanan Range of Palawan
Rafflesia magnificaEndemic to Mt. Candalaga, Compostela Valley of Mindanao
Shorea almonLight red meranti, Philippine mahogany (U.S. timber trade), white lauanAlmonNative to Malaysia, and the Philippines
Shorea astylosaYakalEndemic to Catanduanes and other Philippine islands
Shorea contortaWhite lauanEndemic to the Philippines
Shorea falciferoidesYakal yambanNative to Indonesia and the Philippines
Shorea guisoHasselt's guijo, red balauNative to Southeast Asia
Shorea hopeifoliaYellow merantiNative to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
Shorea malibatoEndemic to the Philippines
Shorea negrosensisRed lauanEndemic to the Philippines
Shorea palosapisPhilippine mahogany (U.S. timber trade), white lauanMayapisEndemic to the Philippines
Shorea polyspermaTangileEndemic to the Philippines
Shorea seminisNative to Malaysia, and the Philippines
Tectona philippinensisPhilippine teakEndemic to Luzon and Iling Island
Vatica ellipticaConsidered to be very close to extinction. Endemic to Mt. Kaladis, Zamboanga del Sur
Vatica pachyphyllaEndemic to eastern Luzon and Polillo Island

See also

General:

External links

Notes and References

  1. IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1.
  2. Web site: Animal Info – Philippines. Animal Info – Endangered Animals.
  3. Web site: Ocean Ambassadors – Dugong. OneOcean.
  4. Jo Marie V. Acebes . 2009. Historical whaling in the Philippines: origins of 'indigenous subsistence whaling', mapping whaling grounds and comparison with current known distribution: a HMAP Asia Project Paper . Working Paper No. 161 . Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, National Library of Australia. 1037-4612.
  5. Edwino S. Fernando . Leonardo L. Co . Daniel A. Lagunzad . William Sm. Gruèzo . Julie F. Barcelona . Domingo A. Madulid . Aida B. Lapis . Gregorio I. Texon . Antonio C. Manila . Prescillano M. Zamora . amp . 2008 . Threatened plants of the Philippines – a preliminary assessment . Philippine Plant Conservation Committee, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Republic of the Philippines . October 6, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424104518/http://www.pawb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=218&Itemid=235 . April 24, 2012 . dead.