Philippines
Checklist of Endemic Vertebrate Genera
This list of vertebrate genera found exclusively in the Philippines is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, the Catalog of Fishes (2015) for freshwater fishes, and FishBase 2004 (2004) for marine fishes. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Alionycteris
1 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Pteropodidae)
Desmalopex
2 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Pteropodidae)
Haplonycteris
1 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Pteropodidae)
Otopteropus
1 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Pteropodidae)
Ptenochirus
3 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Pteropodidae)
Cynocephalus
1 spp. (Mammal Dermoptera Cynocephalidae)
Podogymnura
2 spp. (Mammal Eulipotyphla Erinaceidae)
Carlito
1 spp. (Mammal Primates Tarsiidae)
Abditomys
1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Anonymomys
1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Apomys
19 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Archboldomys 2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Baletemys 1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae) 2022
Batomys
6 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Bullimus
3 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Carpomys
2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Chrotomys
5 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Crateromys
4 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Limnomys
2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Musseromys
4 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Palawanomys
1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Phloeomys
2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Rhynchomys
6 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Soricomys
4 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Tarsomys
2 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Tryphomys
1 spp. (Mammal Rodentia Muridae)
Dasylophus
1 spp. (Bird Cuculiformes
Cuculidae)
Lepidogrammus 1 spp. (Bird Cuculiformes Cuculidae)
Aptenorallus
1 spp. (Bird Gruiformes Rallidae) 2022
Pithecophaga
1 spp. (Bird Accipitriformes
Accipitridae)
Bolbopsittacus
1 spp. (Bird Psittaciformes
Psittacidae)
Sarcophanops
2 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Eurylaimidae)
Malindangia
1 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Campephagidae)
Micromacronus
2 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Cisticolidae)
Robsonius
3 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Locustellidae)
Poliolophus
1 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Pycnonotidae)
Zosterornis
5 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Zosteropidae)
Sterrhoptilus
3 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Zosteropidae)
Dasycrotapha
3 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Zosteropidae)
Leonardina
1 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Pellorneidae)
Rhabdornis
4 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Sturnidae)
Goodfellowia
1 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Sturnidae)
Sarcops
1 spp. (Bird Passeriformes
Sturnidae)
Pseudogekko
9 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Gekkonidae)
Insulasaurus
4 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Scincidae)
Otosaurus
1 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Scincidae)
Parvoscincus
24 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Scincidae)
Pinoyscincus
5 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Scincidae)
Cyclocorus
2 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Serpentes - Cyclocoridae)
Hologerrhum
2 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Serpentes - Cyclocoridae)
Myersophis 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes - Cyclocoridae)
Levitonius
1 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Serpentes - Cyclocoridae) 2020
Hemibungarus 1 spp. (Reptile Squamata Serpentes - Elapidae)
Matsuichthys # 1
spp. (Actinopteri Alepocephaliformes Platytroctidae)
Rostroconger # 1
spp. (Actinopteri Anguilliformes Congridae)
Gulaphallus 5
spp. (Actinopteri Atheriniformes Phallostethidae)
Altrichthys 3
spp. (Actinopteri Cichliformes Pomacentridae)
Parviparma 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Eleotridae)
Caecogobius 2
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Gobiidae)
Ilogton 1 spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Gobiidae) 2024
Mistichthys 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Gobiidae)
Sovvityazius 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Gobiidae)
Tamanka 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Gobiidae)
Solivomer # 1
spp. (Actinopteri Myctophiformes Neoscopelidae)
Brachybembras # 1
spp. (Actinopteri Perciformes Bembridae)
Thorophos # 2
spp. (Actinopteri Stomiiformes Sternoptychidae)
Pentanchus # 1
spp. (Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Pentanchidae)