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BMB-WRC Animal Inventory Department of Environment and Natural Resources BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BUREAU Quezon Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City INVENTORY OF LIVE ANIMALS AT THE BMB-WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER AS OF JULY 31, 2020 SPECIES STOCK ON HAND (AS OF COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME JULY 31, 2020) MAMMALS ENDEMIC / INDIGENOUS 1. Northern luzon cloud Ploeomys pallidus 1 rat 2. Palawan bearcat Arctictis binturong 2 3. Philippine deer Rusa marianna 2 4. Philippine monkey or Macaca fascicularis 92 Long-tailed macaque 5. Philippine palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 6 EXOTIC 6. Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis 1 7. Serval cat Leptailurus serval 2 8. Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps 58 9. Tiger Panthera tigris 2 10. Vervet monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus 1 11. White handed gibbon Hylobates lar 1 Sub-total A 168 (Mammals) AVIANS ENDEMIC / INDIGENOUS 12. Black kite Milvus migrans 1 13. Black-crowned night Nycticorax nycticorax 1 heron 14. Blue-naped parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis 4 15. Brahminy kite Haliastur indus 41 16. Changeable hawk Spizaetus cirrhatus 6 eagle 17. Crested goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus 1 18. Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela 24 19. Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea 2 20. Grey-headed fish eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus 1 21. Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica 1 22. Palawan hornbill Anthracoceros marchei 2 23. Palawan talking myna Gracula religiosa 3 24. Philippine eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi 1 25. Philippine hanging Loriculus philippensis 11 parrot 26. Philippine hawk eagle Spizaetus philippensis 12 27. Philippine horned Bubo philippensis 9 (eagle) owl 28. Philippine Scops owl Otus megalotis 5 29. Pink-necked pigeon Treron vernans 1 30. Pinsker's hawk eagle Spizaetus pinskerii 1 31. Red turtle dove Streptopelia tranquebarica 1 32. Red vented cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia 2 33. Rufous hornbill Buceros hydrocorax 11 34. Tarictic hornbill Penelopides panini 6 35. White-breasted sea Haliaeetus leucogaster 13 eagle EXOTIC 36. African grey parrot Psittacus erithacus 9 37. African love bird Agapornis sp. 62 38. Blue and yellow macaw Ara ararauna 4 39. Black-capped lory Lorius lory 2 40. Black palm cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus 4 41. Blue-crowned amazon Amazona aestiva 1 parrot 42. Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 19 43. Cassowary Casuarius 2 44. Chattering lory Lorius garrulus 1 45. Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 9 46. Conure Conurus spp. 4 47. Diamond dove Geopelia cuneata 2 48. Ducorp's cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii 1 49. Fischeri's lovebird Agapornis fischeri 1 50. Green-winged macaw Ara chloropterus 2 51. Lady amherst pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 1 52. Moluccan cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis 19 53. Rainbow lory Trichoglossus moluccanus 10 54. Red-sided eclectus Eclectus roratus 2 parrot 55. Ring(rose)-necked Psittacula krameri 8 parakeet 56. Ring-necked dove Streptopelia capicola 1 57. Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1 58. Sulphur crested Cacatua galerita 70 cockatoo 59. White cockatoo Cacatua alba 1 60. Yellow-headed Amazona oratrix 1 Amazon parrot Sub-total B (Birds) 397 REPTILES EXOTIC 61. African spurred tortoise Geochelone sulcata 9 62. Aldabra tortoise Geochelone gigantea 1 63. Albino burmese python Python molurus 14 64. Alligator snapping turtle Macroclemys temminckii 2 65. Albino california king Lampropeltis getula californiae 1 snake 66. Ball python Python regius 23 67. Black pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii 10 68. Blue-tounged skink Tiliqua scincoides 1 69. Burmese python Python molurus 2 70. Common snapping Chelydra serpentina 5 turtle 71. Chinese Soft-shelled Pelodiscus sinensis 1 turtle 72. Chinese striped-neck Mauremys sinensis 4 turtle 73. Common green iguana Iguana iguana 45 74. Common slider Trachemys scripta 3 75. Diamondback turtle Malaclemys terrapin 6 76. Elongated tortoise Indotestudo elongata 2 77. Emerald tree monitor Varanus prasinus 1 79. False map turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica 9 80. Hermann's tortoise Testsudo hermanni 7 81. Leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius 11 82. Mata-mata turtle Chelus fimbriata 2 83. Mexican iguana Ctenosaura pectinata 1 84. Mossy frog Theloderma corticale 2 85. Pig-nosed Turtle Carettochelys insculpa 4 86. Razor back turtle Sternotherus carinatus 50 87. Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans 57 88. Red-footed tortoise Chelonoidis carbonaria 25 89. Red-tailed boa Boa constrictor 5 90. Snake-necked turtle Chelodina sp. 2 91. Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus 5 92. Sumatran blood python Python curtus 1 93. Woma python Aspidites ramsayi 1 INDIGENOUS /ENDEMIC 94. Asian box turtle Cuora amboinensis 13 95. Crocodile Crocodile sp. 1 96. Freshwater crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis 2 97. Gray's monitor lizard Varanus olivaceus 2 98. Marbled water monitor Varanus marmoratus 24 lizard 99. Philippine forest turtle Siebenrockiella leytensis 2 100. Reticulated python Python reticulatus 99 101. Saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus 4 102. Visayan Monitor lizard/ Varanus cumingi 10 Yellow-headed water monitor lizard Sub-total C (Reptiles) 469 ARTHROPOD 103. Tarantula sp./ 6 Spiderling 104. Black hairy thick-tailed Parabuthus villosus 1 scorpion 105. Bolivian red rump Acanthosuria chacoana 1 tarantula 106. Brazilian salmon pink Lasiodora parahybana 2 bird-eating tarantula 107. Brazilian white knee Acanthoscurria geniculata 1 tarantula 108. Chaco golden knee Grammostola pulchripes 1 109. Chilean rose tarantula Grammostola rosea 2 110. Indian ornamental Poecilotheria regalis 12 tarantula 111. Madras forest scorpion Heterometrus madraspatensis 2 112. Martinique pinktoe Caribena versicolor 2 tarantula 113. Mexican flame knee Brachypelma auratum 2 114. Mexican red knee Brachypelma smithi 3 tarantula 115. Mexican red leg Brachypelma emilia 1 tarantula 116. Mexican red rump Brachypelma albiceps 1 tarantula 117. Mexican pink tarantula Brachypelma klaasi 2 118. Thailand black Haplopelma minax 1 tarantula Sub-total E 40 (Arthropod) GRAND TOTAL 1074.
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