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 Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
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 Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
Puñalada
Common name: Negros Bleeding Heart Pigeon Scientific name: Gallicolumba keayi Other Filipino names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
Ngiw-ngiw
Common name: Eastern Grass Owl Scientific name: Tyto longimembris Other Philippine vernacular names: kuwago (Tag)
Otter
Common name: Asian Short-Clawed Otter /Palawan Otter
Scientific name: Aonyx cinereusOther Philippine vernacular names: Dungon, pangkat-pangkatan
Pawikan
Common name: Green Sea Turtle Scientific name: Chelonia mydas Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
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 Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
Tamaraw
Common name: Tamaraw/Mindoro dwarf buffalo Scientific name: Bubalus mindorensis Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
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 Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
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 Other Philippine vernacular names: Do you know other names? Let us know!
Zanclus
Common name: Moorish Idol Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus Other Philippine vernacular names: Alibangbang (Bicol), Labandera (Ivatan) Kalmin-kalmin (Visayas)
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