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1. What kind of mammal is the southern Luzon giant cloud rat?
2. The endangered Mindoro imperial pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) is the largest Philippine pigeon.
3. What sets the Panay monitor apart from most other monitor lizards?
4. What is the common name of Penelopides panini, a bird that is endemic to the Visayan Islands?
5. Rusa alfredi, formerly classed as Cervus alfredi, is named after HRH Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria. Why was this specific name chosen by P.L. Sclater in 1870?
6. The black shama is endemic to which Philippine island?
7. Although it is not clear from the image, the Visayan warty pig gets its name from six fleshy growths found on what part of its body?
8. What is the common name given to Pithecophaga jefferyi, found throughout the Philippines?
9. Is Crocodylus mindorensis a salt water crocodile or a fresh water crocodile?
10. What feature, common to other members of its genus, makes it easy to distinguish Prioniturus verticalis from other parrots?
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