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, HBW/BirdLife (2024) 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)
Phapitreron 8
spp. (Bird Columbiformes Columbidae)
Dasylophus 1
spp. (Bird Cuculiformes Cuculidae)
Lepidogrammus 1
spp. (Bird Cuculiformes Cuculidae)
Aptenorallus 1
spp. (Bird Gruiformes Rallidae)
Pithecophaga 1
spp. (Bird Accipitriformes Accipitridae)
Penelopides 4
spp. (Bird Bucerotiformes Bucerotidae)
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)
Dasycrotapha 3
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Zosteropidae)
Sterrhoptilus 3
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Zosteropidae)
Zosterornis 5
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)
Hypocryptadius 1
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Passeridae)
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)