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List of mammals of the Philippines

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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Philippines.

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Suidae: pigs
Palawan bearded pig Sus ahoenobarbus
Huet, 1888
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Bornean bearded pig Sus barbatus
S. Müller, 1838
Wide range of habitats where occurring; Possibly extirpated VU IUCN
Decrease
Visayan warty pig Sus cebifrons
Heude, 1888
Forest & grassland CR IUCN
Decrease
Oliver's warty pig Sus oliveri
Groves, 1997
Forest & savanna grassland VU IUCN
Decrease
Philippine warty pig Sus philippensis
Nehring, 1886
Forest, shrubland, & grassland VU IUCN
Decrease
Wild boar Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
Family Tragulidae
Philippine mouse-deer Tragulus nigricans
Thomas, 1892
Forest & shrubland EN IUCN
Decrease
Family Cervidae: deer
Calamian deer Axis calamianensis
Heude, 1888
Forest, savanna, & grassland EN IUCN
Decrease
Sika deer Cervus nippon
Temminck, 1838
Introduced to Solo Island; possibly extirpated LC IUCN
Increase
Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi
Sclater, 1870
Forest, shrubland, & grassland EN IUCN
Decrease
Philippine deer Rusa marianna
Desmarest, 1822
Forest & grassland VU IUCN
Decrease
Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
Tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis
Heude, 1888
Forest, shrubland, & grassland CR IUCN
Decrease
Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Neritic & oceanic marine zones EN IUCN
Increase
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1879
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones EN IUCN
Increase
Omura's whale Balaenoptera omurai
Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003
Neritic & oceanic marine zones DD IUCN
Unknown
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones VU IUCN
Increase
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Borowski, 1781
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Increase
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises
Indo-Pacific finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides
G. Cuvier, 1829
Coastal waters VU IUCN
Decrease
Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
J. E. Gray, 1874
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
G. Cuvier, 1812
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser, 1956
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Owen in Gray, 1866
Coastal waters & rivers EN IUCN
Decrease
Orca Orcinus orca
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones DD IUCN
Unknown
Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra
Gray, 1846
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Owen, 1846
Neritic & oceanic marine zones NT IUCN
Unknown
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis
Osbeck, 1765
Coastal waters VU IUCN
Decrease
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
Gray, 1846
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Meyen, 1833
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris
Gray, 1828
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Montagu, 1821
Coastal, neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus
Ehrenberg, 1833
Neritic & oceanic marine zones NT IUCN
Unknown
Family Physeteridae
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones VU IUCN
Unknown
Family Kogiidae
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Blainville, 1838
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
Owen, 1866
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Family Ziphidae
Tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus
Longman, 1926
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Blainville, 1817
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958
Oceanic marine zone DD IUCN
Unknown
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier, 1823
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown


Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Felidae
Sunda leopard cat Prionailurus javanensis
Desmarest, 1816
Split recently; not yet assessed by IUCN
Family Viverridae
Binturong Arctictis binturong
Raffles, 1822
Forest (arboreal) VU IUCN
Decrease
Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Pallas, 1777
Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments LC IUCN
Decrease
Malayan civet Viverra tangalunga
Gray, 1832
Forest & shrublands LC IUCN
Steady
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
Collared mongoose Urva semitorquata
Gray, 1832
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus
Illiger, 1815
Wetland systems VU IUCN
Decrease
Family Mephitidae: skunks and stink badgers
Palawan stink badger Mydaus marchei
Huet, 1887
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
Steady


Order: Chiroptera (bats)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Pteropodidae: Old World fruit bats
Giant golden-crowned flying fox Acerodon jubatus
Eschscholtz, 1831
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Palawan fruit bat Acerodon leucotis
Sanborn, 1950
Forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Mindanao pygmy fruit bat Alionycteris paucidentata
Kock, 1969
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Müller, 1838
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Peters's fruit bat Cynopterus luzoniensis
Peters, 1861
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
White-winged flying fox Desmalopex leucopterus
Temminck, 1853
Forest & grassland VU IUCN
Decrease
Small white-winged flying fox Desmalopex microleucopterus
Esselstyn et al, 2008
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Philippine naked-backed fruit bat Dobsonia chapmani
Rabor, 1952
Caves & forest CR IUCN
Decrease
Rickart's dyak fruit bat Dyacopterus rickarti
Helgen et al, 2007
Caves & forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Dayak fruit bat Dyacopterus spadiceus
Thomas, 1890
Caves & forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Greater nectar bat Eonycteris major
K. Andersen, 1910
Caves & forest NT IUCN
Unknown
Philippine dawn bat Eonycteris robusta
Miller, 1913
Caves & forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea
Dobson, 1871
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Fischer's pygmy fruit bat Haplonycteris fischeri
Lawrence, 1939
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Harpy fruit bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi
Thomas, 1896
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Long-tongued nectar bat Macroglossus minimus
É. Geoffroy, 1810
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
White-collared fruit bat Megaerops wetmorei
Taylor, 1934
Forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat Nyctimene rabori
Heaney & Peterson, 1984
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Luzon fruit bat Otopteropus cartilagonodus
Kock, 1969
Forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Greater musky fruit bat Ptenochirus jagori
Peters, 1861
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Lesser musky fruit bat Ptenochirus minor
Yoshiyuki, 1979
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Ryukyu flying fox Pteropus dasymallus
Temminck, 1825
Forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Gray flying fox Pteropus griseus
É. Geoffroy, 1810
Forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Small flying fox Pteropus hypomelanus
Temminck, 1853
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Little golden-mantled flying fox Pteropus pumilus
Miller, 1911
Forest & shrubland NT IUCN
Decrease
Philippine gray flying fox Pteropus speciosus
K. Andersen, 1908
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Large flying fox Pteropus vampyrus
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Geoffroy's rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus
É. Geoffroy, 1810
Caves, rocky areas, & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat Styloctenium mindorensis
Esselstyn, 2007
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Family Vespertilionidae
Common thick-thumbed bat Glischropus tylopus
Dobson, 1875
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Lesser hairy-winged bat Harpiocephalus harpia
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Pungent pipistrelle Hypsugo mordax
Peters, 1866
Unknown DD IUCN
Unknown
Peters's pipistrelle Hypsugo petersi
Meyer, 1899
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Hardwicke's woolly bat Kerivoula hardwickii
Horsfield, 1824
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Steady
Papillose woolly bat Kerivoula papillosa
Temminck, 1840
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Clear-winged woolly bat Kerivoula pellucida
Waterhouse, 1845
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Whitehead's woolly bat Kerivoula whiteheadi
Thomas, 1894
Forest & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
Round-eared tube-nosed bat Murina cyclotis
Dobson, 1871
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Peters's myotis Myotis ater
Peters, 1866
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Horsfield's bat Myotis horsfieldii
Temminck, 1840
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Steady
Pallid large-footed myotis Myotis macrotarsus
Waterhouse, 1845
Caves LC IUCN
Steady
Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat Myotis muricola
Gray, 1846
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Steady
Orange-fingered myotis Myotis rufopictus
Waterhouse, 1845
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Rohu's bat Philetor brachypterus
Temminck, 1840
Forest & grassland LC IUCN
Steady
Peters's trumpet-eared bat Phoniscus jagorii
Peters, 1866
Forest & wetlands LC IUCN
Unknown
Java pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus
Gray, 1838
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Steady
Narrow-winged pipistrelle Pipistrellus stenopterus
Dobson, 1875
Forest, shrubland, & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
Least pipistrelle Pipistrellus tenuis
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest, shrubland, & grassland LC IUCN
Steady
Greater Asiatic yellow bat Scotophilus heathii
Horsfield, 1831
Forest & shrublands LC IUCN
Steady
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat Scotophilus kuhlii
Leach, 1821
Forest & shrublands LC IUCN
Steady
Lesser bamboo bat Tylonycteris pachypus
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Greater bamboo bat Tylonycteris robustula
Thomas, 1915
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Family Miniopteridae
Little bent-wing bat Miniopterus australis
Tomes, 1858
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Steady
Philippine long-fingered bat Miniopterus paululus
Hollister, 1913
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Great bent-winged bat Miniopterus tristis
Waterhouse, 1845
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Family Molossidae
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Chaerephon plicatus
Buchanan, 1800
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Lesser naked bat Cheiromeles parvidens
Miller & Hollister, 1921
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Hairless bat Cheiromeles torquatus
Horsfield, 1824
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Sulawesi free-tailed bat Mops sarasinorum
Meyer, 1899
Forests DD IUCN
Unknown
Family Emballonuridae
Small Asian sheath-tailed bat Mops sarasinorum
Eydoux and Gervais, 1836
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Naked-rumped pouched bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838
Caves, forest, & savanna LC IUCN
Steady
Black-bearded tomb bat Taphozous melanopogon
Temminck, 1841
Caves, rocky areas, shrubland & forests LC IUCN
Steady
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
Lesser false vampire bat Megaderma spasma
Linnaeus, 1758
Caves, rocky areas & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
Acuminate horseshoe bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
Peters, 1871
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Arcuate horseshoe bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
Peters, 1871
Caves & forests DD IUCN
Steady
Bornean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus borneensis
Peters, 1871
Caves & forests DD IUCN
Steady
Creagh's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus creaghi
Thomas, 1896
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Decrease
Philippine forest horseshoe bat Rhinolophus inops
K. Andersen, 1905
Forests LC IUCN
Steady
Large-eared horseshoe bat Rhinolophus philippinensis
Waterhouse, 1843
Caves LC IUCN
Unknown
Large rufous horseshoe bat Rhinolophus rufus
Eydoux & Gervais, 1836
Caves & forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Small rufous horseshoe bat Rhinolophus subrufus
K. Andersen, 1905
Caves & forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Yellow-faced horseshoe bat Rhinolophus virgo
K. Andersen, 1905
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Steady
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
Dusky leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros ater
Templeton, 1848
Forest around limestone LC IUCN
Unknown
Bicolored roundleaf bat Hipposideros bicolor
Temminck, 1853
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Steady
Fawn leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros cervinus
Gould, 1854
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Decrease
Ashy roundleaf bat Hipposideros cineraceus
Blyth, 1853
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Large Mindanao roundleaf bat Hipposideros coronatus
Peters, 1871
Caves & forests DD IUCN
Unknown
Diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema
É. Geoffroy, 1813
Caves, savanna, & forests LC IUCN
Decrease
Large Asian roundleaf bat Hipposideros lekaguli
Thonglongya & Hill, 1974
Caves & forests NT IUCN
Decrease
Philippine forest roundleaf bat Hipposideros obscurus
Peters, 1861
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat Hipposideros pygmaeus
Waterhouse, 1843
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown

Order: Dermoptera (colugos)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Cynocephalidae: flying lemurs
Philippine flying lemur Cynocephalus volans
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Lowland forest LC IUCN
Steady


Order: Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
Dinagat gymnure Podogymnura aureospinula
Heaney & Morgan, 1982
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Mindanao gymnure Podogymnura truei
Mearns, 1905
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Family Soricidae: shrews
Asian gray shrew Crocidura attenuata
Milne-Edwards, 1872
Forest, shrubland, & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
Batak shrew Crocidura batakorum
Hutterer, 2007
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Mindanao shrew Crocidura beatus
Miller, 1910
Forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Greater Mindanao shrew Crocidura grandis
Miller, 1911
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Luzon shrew Crocidura grayi
Dobson, 1890
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Mindoro shrew Crocidura mindorus
Miller, 1910
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Negros shrew Crocidura negrina
Rabor, 1952
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Sibuyan shrew Crocidura ninoyi
Esselstyn & Goodman, 2010
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Palawan shrew Crocidura palawanensis
Taylor, 1934
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
Unknown
Panay shrew Crocidura panayensis
Hutterer, 2007
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Palawan moss shrew Palawanosorex muscorum
Hutterer et al., 2018
(Described in 2018; Not yet assessed in IUCN Red List)
Asian house shrew Suncus murinus
Linnaeus, 1766
Widespread LC IUCN
Steady


Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Manidae
Philippine pangolin Manis culionensis
de Elera, 1895
Forest & shrubland CR IUCN
Decrease

Order: Primates

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Lorisidae: lorises
Philippine slow loris Nycticebus menagensis
Lydekker, 1893
Lowland forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers
Philippine tarsier Carlito syrichta
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
Crab-eating macaque
Macaca fascicularis
Raffles, 1821
Forest, wetlands, & intertidal marine zone EN IUCN
Decrease
Family Hominidae: great apes
Human Homo sapiens
Linnaeus, 1758
Widespread LC
Increase

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat / notes IUCN status Range
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
Philippine porcupine Hystrix pumila
Günther, 1879
Forest & forest/grassland mosaic VU IUCN
Decrease
Family Sciuridae: squirrels
Philippine pygmy squirrel Exilisciurus concinnus
Thomas, 1888
Lowland & montane forest LC IUCN
Steady
Palawan flying squirrel Hylopetes nigripes
Thomas, 1893
Lowland forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Basilan flying squirrel Petinomys crinitus
(Hollister, 1911
Forest, especially higher-elevation oak forest LC IUCN
Mindanao flying squirrel Petinomys mindanensis
(Rabor, 1939 [2]
Forest, especially middle elevations LC IUCN
Steady
Davao squirrel Sundasciurus davensis
Sanborn, 1952
Lowland forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Busuanga squirrel Sundasciurus hoogstraali
Sanborn, 1952
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Northern Palawan tree squirrel Sundasciurus juvencus
Thomas, 1908
Lowland forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mindanao squirrel Sundasciurus mindanensis
Steere, 1890
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Culion tree squirrel Sundasciurus moellendorffi
Matschie, 1898
Forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Philippine tree squirrel Sundasciurus philippinensis
Waterhouse, 1839
Forest & agricultural areas LC IUCN
Steady
Palawan montane squirrel Sundasciurus rabori
Heaney, 1979
Old-growth oak montane forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Samar squirrel Sundasciurus samarensis
Steere, 1890
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Southern Palawan tree squirrel Sundasciurus steerii
Günther, 1877
Forest & plantations LC IUCN
Steady
Family Muridae: mice, rats, gerbils
Luzon broad-toothed rat Abditomys latidens
Sanborn, 1952
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Mindoro climbing rat Anonymomys mindorensis
Musser, 1981
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Luzon Cordillera forest mouse Apomys abrae
Sanborn, 1952
Forest & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
Luzon Aurora forest mouse Apomys aurorae
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest LC IUCN
Increase
Mount Banahaw forest mouse Apomys banahao
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mount Tapulao forest mouse Apomys brownorum
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Camiguin forest mouse Apomys camiguinensis
(Heaney & Tabaranza, 2006
Forest VU IUCN
Unknown
Luzon montane forest mouse Apomys datae
Meyer, 1899
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
Unknown
Large Mindoro forest mouse Apomys gracilirostris
L.A. Ruedas, 1995
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Mount Apo forest mouse Apomys hylocetes
Mearns, 1905
Montane forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mindanao montane forest mouse Apomys insignis
Mearns, 1905
Montane forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Mount Irid forest mouse Apomys iridensis
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Mindanao lowland forest mouse Apomys littoralis
Sanborn, 1952
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Lubang forest mouse Apomys lubangensis
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Luzon giant forest mouse Apomys magnus
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Lowland and lower montane forest LC IUCN
Steady
Small Luzon forest mouse Apomys microdon
Hollister, 1913
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Mount Mingan forest mouse Apomys minganensis
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Least forest mouse Apomys musculus
Miller, 1911
Montane forest LC IUCN
Steady
Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse Apomys sacobianus
Johnson, 1962
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Sierra Madre forest mouse Apomys sierrae
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Luzon Zambales forest mouse Apomys zambalensis
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[3]
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mount Isarog shrew-mouse Archboldomys luzonensis
Musser, 1982
Montane and mossy forest VU IUCN
Steady
Large Cordillera shrew-mouse Archboldomys maximus
Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M.V. Duya, M.R.M.Duya, Sosa & Jansa, 2012
Montane forest DD IUCN
Steady
Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat Batomys dentatus
Miller, 1911
Upper montane forest; only one record, from 1907 DD IUCN
Unknown
Luzon hairy-tailed rat Batomys granti
Thomas, 1895
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat Batomys hamiguitan
Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat, & Ibanez, 2008
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Dinagat hairy-tailed rat Batomys russatus
Musser, Heaney, & Tabaranza, Jr, 1998
Lowland forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Mindanao hairy-tailed rat Batomys salomonseni
Sanborn, 1953
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat Batomys uragon
Balete et al., 2015
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Bagobo rat Bullimus bagobus
Mearns, 1905
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Camiguin forest rat Bullimus gamay
Rickart, Heaney & Tabaranza, 2002
Montane and mossy forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Large Luzon forest rat Bullimus luzonicus
Thomas, 1895
Forest, shrubland, and cropland LC IUCN
Unknown
Short-footed Luzon tree rat Carpomys melanurus
Thomas, 1895
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Unknown
White-bellied Luzon tree rat Carpomys phaeurus
Thomas, 1895
Mossy and montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse Chiropodomys calamianensis
Taylor, 1934
Lowland forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Isarog striped shrew-rat Chrotomys gonzalesi
(Rickart & Heaney, 1991
Montane and mossy forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Mindoro striped rat Chrotomys mindorensis
(Kellogg, 1945
Forest and croplands LC IUCN
Unknown
Sibuyan striped shrew-rat Chrotomys sibuyanensis
(Rickart, Heaney, Goodman & Jansa, 2005
Mossy forest; only known from single location DD IUCN
Unknown
Blazed Luzon shrew-rat Chrotomys silaceus
(Thomas, 1895
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Luzon striped rat Chrotomys whiteheadi
(Thomas, 1895
Forest and croplands LC IUCN
Steady
Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat Crateromys australis
(Musser, Heaney & Rabor, 1985
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Panay cloudrunner Crateromys heaneyi
(Gonzales & Kennedy, 1996
Forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Ilin Island cloudrunner Crateromys paulus
Musser & Gordon, 1981
Forest; Only known from one individual specimen at the Smithsonian, which was "discovered" to be a new species decades after being donated DD IUCN
Unknown
Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat Crateromys schadenbergi
Meyer, 1895
Oak-dominated forest EN IUCN
Decrease
Northern Luzon shrew-rat Crunomys fallax
Thomas, 1897
Forest; only known from one 19th Century specimen DD IUCN
Unknown
Mindanao shrew-rat Crunomys melanius
Thomas, 1907
Forest & cropland LC IUCN
Unknown
Katanglad shrew-mouse Crunomys suncoides
(Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza & Balete, 1998[4][5]
Known from a single specimen from Mount Kitanglad DD IUCN
Unknown
Lesser ranee mouse Haeromys pusillus
Thomas, 1893
Lowland forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Gray-bellied mountain rat Limnomys bryophilus
(Rickart, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 2003
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Mindanao mountain rat Limnomys sibuanus
Mearns, 1905
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Palawan spiny rat Maxomys panglima
Robinson, 1921
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
House mouse Mus musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
Introduced; commensal with humans LC IUCN
Steady
Sierra Madre tree mouse Musseromys anacuao
Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2014
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Mount Pulag tree mouse Musseromys beneficus
Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2014
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Banahaw tree mouse Musseromys gulantang
Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2009
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Amuyao tree mouse Musseromys inopinatus
Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2014
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Palawan soft-furred mountain rat Palawanomys furvus
Musser & Newcomb, 1983
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat Phloeomys cumingi
Waterhouse, 1839
Forest and croplands LC IUCN
Decrease
Northern Luzon giant cloud rat Phloeomys pallidus
Nehring, 1890
Forest and scrublands LC IUCN
Steady
Ricefield rat Rattus argentiventer
Robinson & Kloss, 1916
Introduced; ricefields and grasslands LC IUCN
Steady
Philippine forest rat Rattus everetti
Günther, 1879
Forest LC IUCN
Steady
Polynesian rat Rattus exulans
Peale, 1848
Widespread LC IUCN
Steady
Mindoro black rat Rattus mindorensis
Thomas, 1898
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Himalayan field rat Rattus nitidus
Hodgson, 1845
Introduced; forest and cropland LC IUCN
Steady
Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
Berkenhout, 1769
Introduced; commensal with humans LC IUCN
Steady
Black rat Rattus rattus
Linnaeus, 1758
Introduced; commensal with humans LC IUCN
Steady
Tanezumi rat Rattus tanezumi
Temminck, 1844
Introduced; commensal with humans LC IUCN
Increase
Tawitawi forest rat Rattus tawitawiensis
(Musser & Heaney, 1985
Unknown DD IUCN
Unknown
Malayan field rat Rattus tiomanicus
Miller, 1900
Forest, grassland, & agricultural areas LC IUCN
Increase
Banahao shrew-rat Rhynchomys banahao
Balete, Rickart, Rosell-Ambal, Jansa & Heaney, 2007
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Isarog shrew-rat Rhynchomys isarogensis
(Musser & Freeman, 1981
Montane forest VU IUCN
Steady
Mount Data shrew-rat Rhynchomys soricoides
Thomas, 1895
Mossy forest NT IUCN
Decrease
Tapulao shrew-rat Rhynchomys tapulao
(Balete, Rickart, Rosell-Ambal, Jansa & Heaney, 2007
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Unknown
Kalinga shrew mouse Soricomys kalinga
Balete, Rickart & Heaney, 2006
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Co's shrew mouse Soricomys leonardocoi
Balete et al, 2012
Montane and mossy forest DD IUCN
Steady
Southern Cordillera shrew mouse Soricomys montanus
Balete et al, 2012
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Sierra Madre shrew mouse Soricomys musseri
Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza Jr, & Balete, 1998
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Unknown
Müller's giant Sunda rat Sundamys muelleri
Jentink, 1879
Forest LC IUCN
Decrease
Long-footed rat Tarsomys apoensis
Mearns, 1905
Montane and mossy forest LC IUCN
Steady
Spiny long-footed rat Tarsomys echinatus
(Musser & Heaney, 1992
Forest VU IUCN
Decrease
Luzon short-nosed rat Tryphomys adustus
Miller, 1910
Forest and croplands DD IUCN
Unknown

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Scandentia: treeshrews
Mindanao treeshrew Tupaia everetti
Thomas, 1892[6]
Mid-elevation forest LC IUCN
Steady
Palawan treeshrew Tupaia palawanensis
Matschie, 1898
Lowland forest LC IUCN


Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

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Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Dugongidae
Dugong Dugong dugon
Müller, 1776
Neritic & intertidal marine zones VU IUCN
Decrease


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10 ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 30. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Chiozza, F (2008). "Petinomys mindanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Veluz, M.J.; Steppan, S.J.; Esseltyn, J.A.; Pfeiffer, A.W.; Rickart, E.A. (2014). "Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (4): 395–413. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395.
  4. ^ Name – Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza & Balete 1998. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  5. ^ Rickart, E. A. & Heaney, L. R. & Tabaranza, B. R. & Balete, D. S. (1998): A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology no. 89, pp. 1-24, 1998
  6. ^ Thomas, Oldfield (1892). "On some new mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (9): 250–254. doi:10.1080/00222939208677313. ISSN 0374-5481.
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