Former Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri said last Saturday that 24 mammal species have been added to the Philippines’ list of threatened species.
The following species are either vulnerable or endangered:
The Palawan fly fox
Isarog shrew mouse
Binturong
Dinagat hairy-tailed rat
Dinagat hairy-tailed cloud rat
Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat
Ilin hairy-tailed cloud rat
Bushy-tailed cloud rat
Flying lemur
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
Southern Luzon giant cloud rat
Dinagat gymnure
Wooly flying fox
Grey flying fox
Small flying fox
White-winged fruit bat
Little golden-mantled flying fox
Bearded pig
Visayan warty pig
Philippine warty pig
Calamian treeshrew
Haplonycteris species A from Sibuyan Island
Pteropus species A from Mindoro
Sus species A from Sul
Zubiri noted that the “biggest danger to our wildlife is the unchecked destruction of their habitats, plus the unchecked illegal (wildlife) trade.”
According to ABS-CBN, the species were declared threatened “because their populations have shrunk to a level below which the species or subspecies will be completely wiped out.” Additionally, the animals’ habitats have also suffered depletion.
