Species in the Sierra Madre Archives - Philippine Wildlife Art https://philippinewildlife.art/project-tag/species-in-the-sierra-madre/ A growing collection of art focused on biodiversity of the Philippines by Albert Balbutin Jr. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:04:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/philippinewildlife.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-logo-blue-bg-w-mouse-circle-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Species in the Sierra Madre Archives - Philippine Wildlife Art https://philippinewildlife.art/project-tag/species-in-the-sierra-madre/ 32 32 186202544 Brown and Alcala’s Sierra Madre Frog https://philippinewildlife.art/portfolio/brown-and-alcalas-sierra-madre-frog/ Wed, 24 May 2023 23:25:28 +0000 https://philippinewildlife.art/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=568 Patang is Pangasinanse for frog, but this particular species is Brown & Alcala’s Sierra Madre Frog or Sanguirana tipanan! There are more than 100 species of amphibians in the Philippines, with at least 80% of them found only in the Philippines, aka they’re endemic (AM Fuiten, et al., 2011). The species name tipanan means covenant or […]

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]]> 568 Sierra Madre Tree-mouse https://philippinewildlife.art/portfolio/sierra-madre-tree-mouse/ Wed, 22 May 2019 14:02:14 +0000 https://philippinewildlifeart.wordpress.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=114 Near the center of the Philippines’ longest mountain range lives the Sierra Madre Tree-mouse! It lives high on Mount Anacuao, which is where it gets its’ scientific name: Musseromys anacuao. Only three of them have ever been collected at a height of 1,725 meters or 5,700 feet in the sky! However scientists recommend that more […]

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