Wildlife in the Philippines

There are widespread mammals that can be seen in the Philippines. The national animal called “carabao” and usually known as water buffalo is very useful in the farm together with pigs, mongoose, some deer species and many domestic cattle are the very significant wildlife species in the Philippines.

The Philippines is also well known for its rich marine wildlife, specifically the mollusks. The popular Sulu pearls with their deep brilliance come from pearl oysters throughout Sulu Archipelago in the furthest southwest.

A native plant is called Manila hemp or abaca is considered of a great worth. It is a low-growing plant that typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike, widely growing as a weed in lawns and its fiber is used to make different products like fabric, hats and ropes. More than nine hundred species of orchids that constitute one hundred Geneva that have been found. Some plants can be seen in islands like cinnamon, pepper plants, and the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as a pungent aromatic spice.

However, the Philippines has other endangered species. Most common endangered wildlife are the Philippine eagle, mouse deer, tarsier, dugong, marine turtles, the Subic fruit bats and the cockatoo.

One a place in the Philippines, a concentrated action is being done to rescue the marine turtle from disappearance. This is being practiced by controlling the quantity of turtle eggs that were removed for earning money and allocating an island to conservation of the turtle.

H. Fernandez