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Mammal Erinaceidae Endemic Philippines Habitat Forests

The document describes 5 species of fauna found in the Philippines. It discusses the Apo sunbird, an endemic bird found on Mindanao with a natural habitat of tropical forest. The Blue-crowned racket-tail is a parrot found on major Philippine islands, about 27cm long with green and blue coloring. The endangered Calamian deer is only found on Palawan's Calamian Islands. The Dinagat gymnure is a mammal endemic to the Philippines found in dry forests. Finally, it mentions the Limnonectes diuatus frog species endemic to the Philippines.

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Mammal Erinaceidae Endemic Philippines Habitat Forests

The document describes 5 species of fauna found in the Philippines. It discusses the Apo sunbird, an endemic bird found on Mindanao with a natural habitat of tropical forest. The Blue-crowned racket-tail is a parrot found on major Philippine islands, about 27cm long with green and blue coloring. The endangered Calamian deer is only found on Palawan's Calamian Islands. The Dinagat gymnure is a mammal endemic to the Philippines found in dry forests. Finally, it mentions the Limnonectes diuatus frog species endemic to the Philippines.

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Fauna in the Philippines

1. Aethopyga boltoni
Common name: Apo sunbird
species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae
endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
natural habitat is tropical moist montane forest
2. Prioniturus discurus
Common name: Blue-crowned racket-tail
a parrot found on all the larger islands of the Philippines
It is 27 cm, basically green with a blue crown, bluish undertail, whitish
beak, and dark underwings with green coverts.
3. Hyelaphus calamianensis
Common name : Calamian deer
endangered species of deer found only in the Calamian Islands of

Palawan province of the Philippines.


s one of three species of deer native to the Philippines, the other being the
Philippine sambar and Visayan spotted deer

4. Podogymnura aureospinula
Common name: Dinagat gymnure
pecies of mammal in the Erinaceidae family.

endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. I

5. Limnonectes diuatus
species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family
endemic to the Philippines.

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