What are some of the extinct animals of the Philippines?

Question:- What are some of the extinct animals of the Philippines?

Answer: These ‘firsts’ mean that the Philippines has had various noteworthy animal dying out, largely attributable to man and his management of environment. Lists of the Philippines’ extinct animals include the Philippine Tamaraw which is a dwarf buffalo originated from Mindoro, Philippine Sea Mink, and Panay Giant Fruit Bat. Another critically endangered species is the Visayan Warty Pig and the pig is treated as extinct in the wild. Among the recently gone extinct animals of the Philippine archipelago it is quite hard to beat the Cebu flowerpecker, a small bird that was last reported in the English journal, Birding, in 1892 and officially declared extinct by the Philippine government in 2004. The Philippine Eagle is not yet on the list of extinct birds but the bird is critically endangered. These extinctions demonstrate how more vulnerable Philippines’ immensely diverse habitats are and how important the preservation of the remaining wildlife and natural resources in the islands is. The extinction of these species has caused certain changes in the existing ecosystems and people should be concerned about further development of these trends.


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