It& #39;s International Day for Biodiversity! Reply with your favourite animal or plant. Like this tweet and I& #39;ll share one endemic species from the Philippines https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💚" title="Green heart" aria-label="Emoji: Green heart"> #IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay
Staying with island endemics theme, here& #39;s a Visayan spotted deer. They& #39;re endangered. Endemic to West Visayan region but presently only known from forest patches in Negros & Panay. @silliman_u CENTROP has a captive breeding program for this species. #IBD2020 #BiodiversityDay
The Latigo fairy wrasse from the mesophotic depths of Philippine seas https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes"> Described just 3 months ago by @FishGuyKai @CoralReefFish and colleagues.
#IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay https://twitter.com/FishGuyKai/status/1232023941679435777?s=19">https://twitter.com/FishGuyKa...
And these three mesophotic damselfishes from Mindoro and Batangas just described last year by @CoralReefFish and colleagues: Chromis gunting, C. bowesi, and C. hangganan #IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay https://twitter.com/CoralReefFish/status/1113857317416517633?s=19">https://twitter.com/CoralReef...
Not an endemic but because of their patchy distribution and small population size in the Philippines, I& #39;m spotlighting Irrawaddy #dolphins too. Here& #39;s a pregnant mum spotted in Guimaras Strait last year on one of @makoy28& #39;s surveys! #IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay
To round off this species count to 20 (for 20 likes so far), #DYK all 5 bleeding-heart pigeons in the Philippines are endemic? Each species is an island endemic too -- for example, Negros bleeding-heart pigeon can only be found in Negros & Panay! #IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay
And that concludes my #IDB2020 #BiodiversityDay #scicomm series! Thanks for following along https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😊" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with smiling eyes">
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