Like an owl, the tarsier has a joint between its skull base and spine to allow head movement of a 180-degree arc. Its upper lip lacks a cleft yet, but still has muscles, so that it can make facial expressions. The adult brain weighs about 4 grams.
Tarsiers have never formed successful breeding colonies in captivity, and when caged, tarsiers have been known to injure and even kill themselves because of the stress.
Flying Lemur
One of the most distinct creatures on Earth lives in the Philippines. It doesn’t have wings but it can glide across 100 meters of space in a single leap. Like the lemurs of Asia, it moves around at night. Its head resembles that of a dog while its body has similarities with the flying squirrel of Canada.
In Mindanao, people call it “kagwang”. Around the world, it is known as colugo or the flying lemur. Zoologists, however, claim that it doesn’t fly and it is not a lemur, a large-eyed nocturnal mammal found only in Madagascar and Comoro Islands. The truth is that kagwang or Cynocephalus volans is one of only two species belonging to the primitive order Dermoptera. The other species is the Cynocephalus variegatus or the flying lemur of Malaysia.
An ordinary kagwang weighs from 1 to 1.7 kilogram and ranges in length from 14 to 17 inches. It has a wide head with small ears and big eyes. Its 12-inch tail is connected by a patagium, a membrane stretching from forelimbs to tail. This well-developed membrane enables kagwang to glide to a distance of 100 meters or more to escape from predators like the Philippine Eagle.
The continuous denudation of tropical forests in the country threatens the remaining population of kagwang, which used to abound in the wilderness of Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Mindanao. The exact number of the remaining kagwangs remains to be determined. Alarmed by the situation, the Philippine government declared kagwang as an endangered species and banned its commercial exploitation.
Philippine Eagle… one of the rarest, largest and most powerful birds in the world… (rainforests of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao)
Philippine Tarsier… oldest land species to continuously live in the Philippines… (provinces of Bohol, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, Philippines)
Philippine crocodile… a crocodile found only in the Philippines… (found on the islands of the Philippines, Mindoro)
Monkey-eating eagle… he endangered Philippine eagle is one of the largest in the world… (rainforests of Isabela, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao)
Flying Lemur… One of the most distinct creatures on Earth lives in the Philippines… (Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Mindanao)
The Philippines has at least 56 species of bats. It is home to the smallest and the largest bats among the 1,000 known species in the world…
Philippine mouse deer… world’s smallest hoofed mammal… (South of Palawan, lies the Balabac Island)
Philippine spotted deer… considered by many as the most endangered deer in the planet… (forest of Panay Island)
Calamian Deer… a species of deer that cannot be found elsewhere… (Calamian Islands, north off Palawan province)
Tamaraws… unique pygmy water buffalos… (Mindoro)
Palawan bearcat… neither a bear nor a cat… (forests of Palawan)
Dugongs or sea cows… only herbivorous marine mammals… (often sighted in Philippine waters, particularly near Palawan province and southern Mindanao)
dwarf goby… world’s smallest freshwater fish … (Malabon River)
sinarapan… world’s smallest commercial fish… (found only in Lakes Bato and Buhi in Camarines Sur province)
More than 500 of the world’s 700 coral species are found under the waters of the Philippines, which is a part of the Coral Triangle – a region in the Pacific Ocean…
Both Tridacna gigas, one of the world’s largest shells, and Pisidum, the world’s tiniest shell, can be found under Philippine waters…
The saltwater crocodile, which can be found in the Philippines and other Asian countries, is considered as the world’s largest reptile…
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November 16th, 2009 at 7:00 am
The unique one is the PHILIPPINE TARSIERS… You can see most of them in Visayas region like Iloilo and Bohol.
http://travelph.ganiboi.com/2005/09/philippine-tarsier.html
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Philippines/Wildlife/index.html
http://realtravel.com/manila-photos-p5103086-5104969.html
November 16th, 2009 at 7:10 am
The Philippines Tarsier in Bohol
Like an owl, the tarsier has a joint between its skull base and spine to allow head movement of a 180-degree arc. Its upper lip lacks a cleft yet, but still has muscles, so that it can make facial expressions. The adult brain weighs about 4 grams.
Tarsiers have never formed successful breeding colonies in captivity, and when caged, tarsiers have been known to injure and even kill themselves because of the stress.
isn’t that unique?
November 16th, 2009 at 7:59 am
the tarsier is one of the endangered and indigenous animals in the philippines. they are only found in bohol island.
another endangered specie is the monkey eating eagle. they are found in the wildlife center in davao.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:55 am
TARSIER-smallest monkey in the world and it’s found in bohol.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Flying Lemur
One of the most distinct creatures on Earth lives in the Philippines. It doesn’t have wings but it can glide across 100 meters of space in a single leap. Like the lemurs of Asia, it moves around at night. Its head resembles that of a dog while its body has similarities with the flying squirrel of Canada.
In Mindanao, people call it “kagwang”. Around the world, it is known as colugo or the flying lemur. Zoologists, however, claim that it doesn’t fly and it is not a lemur, a large-eyed nocturnal mammal found only in Madagascar and Comoro Islands. The truth is that kagwang or Cynocephalus volans is one of only two species belonging to the primitive order Dermoptera. The other species is the Cynocephalus variegatus or the flying lemur of Malaysia.
An ordinary kagwang weighs from 1 to 1.7 kilogram and ranges in length from 14 to 17 inches. It has a wide head with small ears and big eyes. Its 12-inch tail is connected by a patagium, a membrane stretching from forelimbs to tail. This well-developed membrane enables kagwang to glide to a distance of 100 meters or more to escape from predators like the Philippine Eagle.
The continuous denudation of tropical forests in the country threatens the remaining population of kagwang, which used to abound in the wilderness of Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Mindanao. The exact number of the remaining kagwangs remains to be determined. Alarmed by the situation, the Philippine government declared kagwang as an endangered species and banned its commercial exploitation.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:03 am
The tarsiers in Bohol
November 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Tarsiers of Bohol
November 16th, 2009 at 11:26 am
monkey-eating eagle – Philippine eagle lives in the rainforests of Isabela, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao.
kagwang (flying lemur) – abound in the wilderness of Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Mindanao
Philippine bamboo bat, giant flying fox and the golden crown flying fox – Subic Bay and Bataan
Pilandok (Philippine mouse deer) – Balabac Island, South of Palawan
Philippine spotted deer – Panay Island
Calamian Deer – Calamian Island, North off Palawan
Tamaraw (pygmy water buffalo) – Mindoro
Philippine tarsier – Samar, Leyte, Bohol and Mindanao
Palawan bearcat – Palawan
Kalangay (Philippine cockatoo) – Pandanan Island, Palawan, particularly in St. Paul’s Subterranean River National Park, and El Nido Marine Reserve.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
go to avilon zoo and you’ll see some animals mentioned above.. have fun!
November 16th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Philippine Eagle… one of the rarest, largest and most powerful birds in the world… (rainforests of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao)
Philippine Tarsier… oldest land species to continuously live in the Philippines… (provinces of Bohol, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, Philippines)
Philippine crocodile… a crocodile found only in the Philippines… (found on the islands of the Philippines, Mindoro)
Monkey-eating eagle… he endangered Philippine eagle is one of the largest in the world… (rainforests of Isabela, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao)
Flying Lemur… One of the most distinct creatures on Earth lives in the Philippines… (Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Mindanao)
The Philippines has at least 56 species of bats. It is home to the smallest and the largest bats among the 1,000 known species in the world…
Philippine mouse deer… world’s smallest hoofed mammal… (South of Palawan, lies the Balabac Island)
Philippine spotted deer… considered by many as the most endangered deer in the planet… (forest of Panay Island)
Calamian Deer… a species of deer that cannot be found elsewhere… (Calamian Islands, north off Palawan province)
Tamaraws… unique pygmy water buffalos… (Mindoro)
Palawan bearcat… neither a bear nor a cat… (forests of Palawan)
Dugongs or sea cows… only herbivorous marine mammals… (often sighted in Philippine waters, particularly near Palawan province and southern Mindanao)
dwarf goby… world’s smallest freshwater fish … (Malabon River)
sinarapan… world’s smallest commercial fish… (found only in Lakes Bato and Buhi in Camarines Sur province)
More than 500 of the world’s 700 coral species are found under the waters of the Philippines, which is a part of the Coral Triangle – a region in the Pacific Ocean…
Both Tridacna gigas, one of the world’s largest shells, and Pisidum, the world’s tiniest shell, can be found under Philippine waters…
The saltwater crocodile, which can be found in the Philippines and other Asian countries, is considered as the world’s largest reptile…