JREL is The National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines, also known as the Red List, is a list of endangered species endemic in the Philippines and is maintained by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Biodiversity Management Bureau and the Philippine Red List Committee. The list is pursuant to Republic Act No. 9147, or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act. [1] Species are assessed solely according to their population in the Philippines and hence may not be in line with other conversation lists such as the IUCN Red List which list the Crab-eating macaque (including subspecies the Philippine long-tailed macaque) as vulnerable but is not included in the 2019 release of the Philippines' national Red List. [2]
The list was first released in 2004. In 2019, arachnids and insects were added to the list for the first time. [3]
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The following is the list of critically endangered (CR) and endangered (EN) species included in the National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines as per DENR Administrative Order 2019-09. [1] The list below currently don't include fauna classified as vulnerable (VU) and other threatened species (OTS).
Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Tamaraw | Bubalus mindorensis | CR |
Visayan spotted deer | Cervus alfredi | CR |
Dugong | Dugong dugon | CR |
Dinagat hairy-tailed cloud rat | Crateromys australis | CR |
Ilin hairy-tailed cloudrat | Crateromys paulus | CR |
Golden-crowned fruit bat | Acerodon jubatus | CR |
Philippine bare-backed fruit bat | Dobsonia chapmani | CR |
Calamian deer | Cervus calamianensis | EN |
Philippine deer | Rusa marianna | EN |
Palawan pangolin | Manis culionensis | EN |
Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat | Crateromys heaneyi | EN |
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat | Nyctimene rabori | EN |
Palawan flying fox | Acerodon leucotis | EN |
Giant flying fox | Pteropus vampyrus | EN |
Mindoro warty pig | Sus oliveri | EN |
Pig (unspecified Sus species from the Sulu Archipelago) | Sus sp. A from the Sulu Archipelago | EN |
Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Philippine eagle | Pithecophaga jefferyi | CR |
Speckled reed warbler | Acrocephalus sorghophilus | CR |
Indigo-banded kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus | CR |
Baer's pochard | Aythya baeri | CR |
Sulu hornbill | Anthracoceros montani | CR |
Walden's hornbill | Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni | CR |
Visayan hornbill | Penelopides panini | CR |
Red-vented cockatoo | Cacatua haematuropygia | CR |
Philippine leafbird | Chloropsis flavipennis | CR |
Mindoro bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba platenae | CR |
Sulu bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba keayi | CR |
Negros bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba menagei | CR |
Amethyst brown dove | Phapitreron amethystinus | CR |
Tawi-Tawi brown dove | Phapitreron cinereiceps | CR |
Negros fruit dove | Ptilinopus arcanus | CR |
Pink-bellied imperial pigeon | Ducula poliocephala | CR |
Black-hooded coucal | Centropus steerii | CR |
Cebu flowerpecker | Dicaeum quadricolor | CR |
Tablas drongo | Dicrurus menagei | CR |
Christmas Island frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | CR |
Sarus crane | Grus antigone | CR |
Chinese crested tern | Thalasseus bernsteini | CR |
Celestial monarch | Hypothymis coelestis | CR |
Isabela oriole | Oriolus isabellae | CR |
Colasisi | Loriculus philippensis | CR |
Green racket-tail | Prioniturus luconensis | CR |
Blue-winged racket-tail | Prioniturus verticalis | CR |
Blue-naped parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | CR |
Blue-backed parrot | Tanygnathus sumatranus | CR |
Streak-breasted bulbul | Aypsipetes siquijorensis | CR |
Spoon-billed sandpiper | Eurynorhynchus pygmeus | CR |
Masked booby | Sula dactylatra | CR |
Pinsker's hawk-eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri | EN |
Japanese night heron | Gorsachius goisagi | EN |
Luzon rufous hornbill | Buceros hydrocorax | EN |
Mindoro hornbill | Penelopides mindorensis | EN |
Mindanao hornbill | Penelopides affinis | EN |
Beach stone-curlew | Esacus magnirostris | EN |
Oriental stork | Ciconia boyciana | EN |
Island collared dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | EN |
Nicobar pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | EN |
Flame-breasted fruit dove | Ramphiculus marchei | EN |
Mindoro imperial pigeon | Ducula mindorensis | EN |
Spotted imperial pigeon | Ducula carola | EN |
Grey imperial pigeon | Ducula pickeringii | EN |
Black noddy | Anous minutus | EN |
Black shama | Copsychus cebuensis | EN |
Ashy-breasted flycatcher | Muscicapa randi | EN |
White-throated jungle flycatcher | Vauriella albigularis | EN |
Palawan peacock-pheasant | Palyplectron napoleonis | EN |
Yellow-faced flameback | Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus | EN |
Red-headed flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | EN |
Montane racket-tail | Prioniturus montanus | EN |
Mindoro racket-tail | Prioniturus mindorensis | EN |
Calayan rail | Gallirallus calayanensis | EN |
Brown-banded rail | Lewinia mirificus | EN |
Tablas fantail | Rhipidura sauli | EN |
Far eastern curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | EN |
Spotted redshank | Tringa erythropus | EN |
Nordmann's greenshank | Tringa guttifer | EN |
Great knot | Calidris tenuirostris | EN |
Giant scops owl | Otus gurneyi | EN |
Palawan scops owl | Otus fuliginosus | EN |
Philippine eagle-owl | Bubo philippensis | EN |
Romblon hawk-owl | Ninox spilonota | EN |
Cebu hawk-owl | Ninox rumseyi | EN |
Camiguin hawk-owl | Ninox leventisi | EN |
Brown booby | Sula leucogaster | EN |
Black-faced spoonbill | Platalea minor | EN |
Worcester's buttonquail | Turnix worcesteri | EN |
Negros striped babbler | Zosterornis nigrorum | EN |
Flame-templed babbler | Dasycrotapha speciosa | EN |
Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Hawksbill turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | CR |
Philippine crocodile | Crocodylus mindorensis | CR |
Indo-Pacific crocodile / Saltwater crocodile | Crocodylus porosus | CR |
Leatherback turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | CR |
Palawan forest turtle | Siebenrockiella leytensis | CR |
Panay forest monitor lizard | Varanus mabitang | CR |
Loggerhead turtle | Caretta caretta | EN |
Green turtle | Chelonia mydas | EN |
Olive ridley turtle | Lepidochelys olivacea | EN |
Spiny hill turtle | Heosemys spinosa | EN |
McGregor's pitviper | Trimeresurus mcgregori | EN |
Asian Leaf Turtle | Cyclemys dentata | VU |
Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor Lizard | Varanus bilatawa | VU |
Gray's Monitor Lizard | Varanus olivaceus | VU |
Southeast Asian Box Turtle | Cuora amboinensis | OTS |
Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Gigantes limestone frog | Platymantis insulatus | CR |
Negros limestone frog | Platymantis (Lupacolus) spelaeus | EN |
Common name | Scientific name | Status |
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Tree snail | Helicostyla smargadina | CR |
— | Coneuplecta turrita | CR |
Angat common gem | Poritia solitaria | CR |
Masbate brush-footed butterfly | Tanaecia dodong | CR |
Cebu brush-footed butterfly | Tanaecia susoni | CR |
Jolo brush-footed butterfly | Tanaecia lupina | CR |
Miyazaki's nymphalid | Helcyra miyazakii | CR |
Leyte swallowtail | Chilasa osmana | CR |
Mindanao swallowtail | Chilasa carolinensis | CR |
Marinduque swallowtail | Menelaides luzviae | CR |
Damselfly | Protosticta plicata | CR |
Damselfly | Risiocnemis seidenschwarzi | CR |
Hagen's damselfly | Rhinocypha hageni | EN |
— | Amemboa (s.str.) philippinensis | EN |
Tindongan's oakblue | Arhopala tindongani | EN |
Simon's cave cockroach | Nocticola simoni | EN |
Antipolo blind cave cockroach | Nocticola caeca | EN |
Damselfly | Sulcosticta striata | EN |
This is an index of conservation topics. It is an alphabetical index of articles relating to conservation biology and conservation of the natural environment.
The tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the larger island of Luzon. The tamaraw was originally found all over Mindoro, from sea level up to the mountains, but because of human habitation, hunting, and logging, it is now restricted to only a few remote grassy plains and is now a critically endangered species.
Threatened species are any species which are vulnerable to extinction in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of critical depensation, a mathematical measure of biomass related to population growth rate. This quantitative metric is one method of evaluating the degree of endangerment.
The Philippine tarsier, known locally as mawumag in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and magô in Waray, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archipelago, particularly on the islands of Bohol, Samar and Leyte. It is a member of the approximately 45-million-year-old family Tarsiidae, whose name is derived from its elongated "tarsus" or ankle bone. Formerly a member of the genus Tarsius, it is now listed as the only member of the genus Carlito, a new genus named after the conservationist Carlito Pizarras.
Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction, degradation, fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, pollution, climate change, and the illegal wildlife trade. The IUCN estimates that 42,100 species of the ones assessed are at risk for extinction. Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this estimate even higher at a million species. It is also being acknowledged that an increasing number of ecosystems on Earth containing endangered species are disappearing. To address these issues, there have been both national and international governmental efforts to preserve Earth's wildlife. Prominent conservation agreements include the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). There are also numerous nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) dedicated to conservation such as the Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, the Wild Animal Health Fund and Conservation International.
The conservation status of a group of organisms indicates whether the group still exists and how likely the group is to become extinct in the near future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing conservation status: not simply the number of individuals remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, and known threats. Various systems of conservation status are in use at international, multi-country, national and local levels, as well as for consumer use such as sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification. The two international systems are by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN and The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for governing and supervising the exploration, development, utilization, and conservation of the country's natural resources.
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999(Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The Act is as of June 2020 administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Lists of threatened species are drawn up under the Act, and these lists, the primary reference to threatened species in Australia, are available online through the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
The Philippine warty pig is one of four known species in the pig genus (Sus) endemic to the Philippines. The other three endemic species are the Visayan warty pig, Mindoro warty pig and the Palawan bearded pig, also being rare members of the family Suidae. Philippine warty pigs have two pairs of warts, with a tuft of hair extending outwards from the warts closest to the jaw. It has multiple native common names, but it is most widely known as baboy damo in Tagalog.
The Western barred bandicoot, also known as the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot; now extinct across most of its former range, the western barred bandicoot only survives on offshore islands and in fenced sanctuaries on the mainland.
The blue-backed parrot, also known as Müller's parrot is a large, endangered species of parrot endemic to the Philippines. It is found in tropical moist lowland forests. Flocks are small and often active at night. Its main threats are habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade.
The Threatened Species Protection Act 1995, is an act of the Parliament of Tasmania that provides the statute relating to conservation of flora and fauna. Its long title is An Act to provide for the protection and management of threatened native flora and fauna and to enable and promote the conservation of native flora and fauna. It received the royal assent on 14 November 1995.
Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree or the molave tree. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from mulawin, the Tagalog word for the tree. It is also known as tugas in Visayan languages. It yields one of two woods from the same genus called molave wood, the other being Vitex cofassus.
The Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center is a 23.85-hectare (58.9-acre) Protected Area located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was named after Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. The Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center has a lagoon, an aquarium, a playground, botanical garden and a Wildlife Rescue Center, which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources uses as a temporary shelter where confiscated, retrieved, donated, sick, abandoned, and injured wild animals are placed to be taken care of. The park houses several indigenous plants and animals such as crab-eating macaques, water monitors, Philippine deer, binturongs, Palawan bearded pigs and several varieties of birds.
Balbalasang–Balbalan National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the municipality of Balbalan, Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The park covers an area of 1,338 hectares and is centered on Mount Balbalasang in the barangay of the same name near the provincial border with Abra. Dubbed the "green heart of the Cordillera", the park is representative of the rich biodiversity and landscape of this mountain region with some of the most intact pine forests and richly endemic flora and fauna. It was declared a national park in 1972 by virtue of Republic Act No. 6463.
Ferries McDonald Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Monarto South about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of Murray Bridge. It covers an area of 845 hectares and provides a habitat for a range of native and endangered species. It is one of a number of protected patches of remnant mallee bushland within the region. Conservation organisations are now attempting to restore and connect these patches of the fragmented Murray plains in an attempt to heighten the prospects of various rare and endangered species.
Alocasia zebrina, commonly known as the zebra plant or zebrina alocasia, is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the islands of Luzon, Mindanao, Leyte, Samar, Biliran, and Alabat in the Philippines. It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant worldwide. It is also locally known as gabing tigre in Tagalog. It is nationally listed as a threatened species and collection of A. zebrina from the wild is illegal in the Philippines.