Alitaptap
Common name: Firefly
Scientific name: Callicorixa praeusta
Other Philippine vernacular names: Alitaptap (Tag), Ipot-ipot (Hiligaynon),
Kulalanti (Ilocano), Alipatpat (Kapampangan)
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Butanding
Common English name: Whale Shark
Scientific name: Rhincodon typus
Other Philippine vernacular names: Tawiki (Visayan), Tuki-tuki (Visayan), Iho-tiki
Reference: Haribon Foundation: Threatened Wildlife in the Philippines Flash Cards, and fishbase.se
Cocam
Common name: Philippine Slow Loris
Scientific name: Nycticebus menagensis
Other Philippine vernacular names: Cocam
Dugong
Common English name: Sea Cow
Scientific name: Dugong dugon
Other Philippine vernacular names: Dugong(Tag), Duyong (Vis), baboy dagat
Reference: Haribon Foundation: Threatened Wildlife in the Philippines Flash Cards
Espada
Common name: Belt Fish
Scientific name: Trichiurus lepturus
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Fan Coral
Common English name: Soft Coral
Scientific name: Alcyonacea
Other Philippine vernacular names: Gasang (Tag), Sagay (Vis)
Gagamba
Common English name: Common House Spider
Scientific name: Neoscona vigilans
Other Philippine vernacular names: Anlalawa (Tag), Damang (Hiligaynon)
Haring Ibon
Common name: Philippine Eagle
Scientific name: Pithecophaga jefferyi
Other Philippine vernacular names: Agila (Tagalog), Manaol, Tipule, Mamboogook, Garuda, Banog, Banoy
Reference: Haribon Foundation: Threatened Wildlife in the Philippines Flash Cards
Igat
Common name: Giant Mottled Eel
Scientific name: Anguilla Marmorata
Other Philippine vernacular names: Palos (Tagalog), Kasili (Visayan), Talunasan (Kapampangan)
Jade Vine
Common name: Jade Vine
Scientific name: Strongylodon macrobotrys
Other Philippine vernacular names: Tayabak
Kalaw
Common name: Rufous Hornbill
Scientific name: Buceros hydrocorax
Other Philippine vernacular names: Kalaw
Lumba-lumba
Common name: Bottlenose Dolphin
Scientific name: Tursiops
Other Philippine vernacular names: Lumba-lumba (Tag/Vis), lumod (Vis)
Musang
Common name: Asian Palm Civet
Scientific name: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Other Philippine vernacular names: alamid
Narra
Common name: Narra
Scientific name: Pterocarpus indicus
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Puñalada
Common name: Negros Bleeding Heart Pigeon
Scientific name: Gallicolumba keayi
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Ngiw-ngiw
Common name: Eastern Grass Owl
Scientific name: Tyto longimembris
Other Philippine vernacular names: kuwago (Tag)
Otter
Pawikan
Common name: Green Sea Turtle
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
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Quail
Common name: Common Quail
Scientific name: Coturnix coturnix
Other Philippine vernacular names: pugo
Rafflesia
Common name: Rafflesia, Corpse Lily, Stinking Corpse Lily, Corpse Flower
Scientific name: Rafflesia philippensis
Other Philippine vernacular names: uroy,
Salaksak
Common name: Common Kingfisher
Scientific name: Alcedo atthis
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Tamaraw
Common name: Tamaraw/Mindoro dwarf buffalo
Scientific name: Bubalus mindorensis
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Unggoy
Common name: Philippine Long-tailed Macaque
Scientific name: Macaca fascicularis
Other Philippine vernacular names: matsing
Voyit
Common name: Whistling Green Pigeon
Scientific name: Treron formosae
Other Philippine vernacular names: Voyit (Ivatan)
Waling-waling
Common name: Orchid/Sander’s Vanda
Scientific name: Vanda sanderiana
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Ixora
Common name: Santan
Scientific name: Ixora philippinensis
Other Philippine vernacular names: Santan
Ylang-ylang
Common name: Cananga Tree/Perfume tree
Scientific name: Cananga odorata
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Zanclus
Common name: Moorish Idol
Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus
Other Philippine vernacular names: Alibangbang (Bicol), Labandera (Ivatan) Kalmin-kalmin (Visayas)
