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Alitaptap

Common name: Firefly
Scientific name: Callicorixa praeusta
Other Philippine vernacular names: Alitaptap (Tag), Ipot-ipot (Hiligaynon),
Kulalanti (Ilocano), Alipatpat (Kapampangan)
Reference: facebook.com/philippinelanguages

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
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 
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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

Common name: Asian Short-Clawed Otter /Palawan Otter Scientific name: Aonyx cinereus Other 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)