MINDORO BIODIVERSITY

Different Climate Type

Type I

Type III
Diversity of habitats

Coastal Wetlands
 Forest
(lowland, montane & mossy)
Freshwater wetland
Offshore islets
Grassland
Coral reef
Beach forest and karst
Mangrove forest
MINDORO: Globally important island
PHILIPPINE MINDORO
SPECIES GROUP
ENDEMIC ENDEMIC
Mammals 24 7
Birds 35 9
Amphibians &
24 4
Reptiles
Butterflies 49
Flowering Plants 70
 Categories of Threatened Species
• EXTINCT (EX) - No known individuals remaining
• EXTINCT IN THE WILD (EW) - Known only to
survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population
outside its historic range
• CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR) - Extremely high
risk of extinction in the wild
• ENDANGERED (EN) - High risk of extinction in the
wild
• VULNERABLE (VU) - High risk of endangerment in
the wild
• NEAR THREATENED (NT) - Likely to become
endangered in the near future
• LEAST CONCERN (LC) - Lowest risk. Does not
qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread Structure of the categories. 2001 IUCN Red
and abundant taxa are included in this category List Categories and Criteria version 3.1
• DATA DEFICIENT (DD) - Not enough data to make
an assessment of its risk of extinction
• NOT EVALUATED (NE) - Has not yet been
evaluated against the criteria
 Only in Mindoro...
Tamaraw
(Bubalus mindorensis)
The largest land
animal native to
the Philippines

Critically
Endangered (CR)
 Only in Mindoro...

MindoroWarty Pig
(Sus oliveri)

Endangered (EN)
Only in Mindoro...

Ilin Bushy-tailed
Cloud Rat
(Crateromys
paulus)
Known from only one specimen
collected on April 04, 1953
 Only in Mindoro...
Mindoro Stripe-faced
Fruit Bat
(Styloctenium
mindorensis)
One of the world’s top ten
species discovered in 2007

One of the two known species under

Genus Styloctenium in the whole world!
 Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Bleeding-heart
(Gallicollumba platenae)
Critically Endangered (CR)
 Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Variable-backed Frog

(Pulchrana mangyanum)
Vulnerable (VU)
Only in Mindoro...

Bangon Monitor Lizard

(Varanus bangonorum)
Vulnerable (VU)
Only in Mindoro...

Black-hooded Coucal
(Centropus steerii)

Critically Endangered (CR)

Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Racket-tail
(Prioniturus mindorensis)
Vulnerable (VU)
 Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Scops Owl

(Otus mindorensis)
Near-threatened (NT)

© Robert Hutchinson
Only in Mindoro...

© Robert
Hutchinson

Mindoro Imperial Pigeon

(Ducula mindorensis)
Endangered (EN)
Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Hornbill
(Penelopides mindorensis)
Endangered (EN)
Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Hawk Owl

(Ninox mindorensis)

Near-threatened (NT)
Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Gecko
(Gekko mindorensis)
Endangered (EN)
 Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Tree Frog

(Philautus schmackeri)
Endangered (EN)
 Only in Mindoro...

Scarlet-collared
Flowerpecker
(Dicaeum retrocinctum)

Vulnerable (VU)
 Only in Mindoro...

Mindoro Bulbul
(Hypsipetes mindorensis)
Least Concern (LC)
Only in Mindoro...
Halcon Gloss
Swallowtail
(Papilio hermeli)
Found only in Mt. Halcon at an
elevation of 1,000masl and above

One of the 49 species of butterfly that

can only be found in Mindoro and
nowhere else in the world
Near-threatened (NT)
Only in Mindoro...
70 plant species are endemic to Mindoro!

Vaccinium woodianum Merr. Elaeocarpus mandiae Coode

Only in Mindoro...

Philippine
Brown Deer
(Cervus
mariannus
barandanus)
subspecies endemic to Mindoro

Vulnerable (VU)
Other important species found in
Mindoro...
 Philippine Teak (Tectona philippinensis)
Only recorded in
the islands of
Ilin and Ambulong in
Occidental Mindoro and
Batangas in Luzon Island
Critically Endangered
(CR)
 Tufted Duck
(Aythya fuligula)
Migratory species recorded at Naujan Lake National
Park (NLNP) at high numbers.
During the Annual Waterbird Count (AWC) in 2016,
7,619 individuals were counted and
Estimated number of 7,000 individuals were seen
during the World Wetlands Day this 2017
Home of the Mangyans
• eight (8) ethnolinguistic groups
(Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tau-Buid, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo
and Ratagnon)

• comprise 16.7% of Mindoro’s

population
(NSO, 2007)

Tau Buid mangyan

Tadyawan mangyanfrom
from
Victoria, Occidental
Calintaan, Oriental Mindoro
Mindoro
Picture soure: Internet
THREATS
Illegal cutting of trees
Slash and burn agriculture or kaingin

Excessive charcoal-making
Wildlife poaching
Pollution
Species Introduction

“Tilapia” Oreochromis sp.

Oriental House Rat

(Rattus tanezumi)

“Golden Kuhol”
Human population growth