Scientific Names

Question 1

Showy medinilla “Kapa-kapa”

This plant is found on the modern ten-peso coin

Answer 1

Medinilla magnifica

Order Myrtales; Family Melastomataceae

Question 2

Waling-waling

This plant is found on the modern one-peso coin

Answer 2

Vanda sanderiana

Order Asparagales; Family Orchidaceae

Question 3

Known as Nilad in the Philippines, may have given rise to the name of Manila (May nilad)

Found on the twenty-peso coin

Answer 3

Scyphiphora hydrophylacea

Question 4

Jade vine, emerald vine, also known as Tayabak in the Philippines

Found on the five-peso coin

Answer 4

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Question 5

National flower of the Philippines; sampaguita

Answer 5

Jasminum sambac

Question 6

National leaf of the Philippines; anahaw

Answer 6

Livistona rotundifolia

Question 7

National tree of the Philippines; narra

Answer 7

Pterocarpus indicus

Question 8

Philippine eagle

Answer 8

Pithecophaga jefferyi

Class Aves; Family Accipitridae

Question 9

Buceros hydrocorax or “kalaw”

Class Aves; Family Bucerotidae

Answer 9

Rufous hornbill

Question 10

Harpactes ardens

Class Aves; Family Trogonidae

Answer 10

Philippine trogon

Question 11

Penelopides affinis

Class Aves; Family Bucerotidae

Answer 11

Mindanao hornbill

Question 12

Spilornis holospilus

Class Aves; Family Accipitridae

Answer 12

Philippine serpent-eagle

Question 13

Pinsker’s hawk-eagle

Answer 13

*Nisaetus pinskeri

Class Aves; Family Accipitridae

Question 14

South Sea pearl or Philippine pearl

Oyster species that is found on the 1000-peso bill

Answer 14

Pinctada maxima

Question 15

Blue-naped parrot

Can be found on the back of the 500-peso bill

Answer 15

Tanygnathus lucionensis

Question 16

Palawan peacock-pheasant

Found on the new 100-peso bills

Answer 16

Polyplectron napoleonis

Question 17

Whale shark; butanding

Can be found on the back of the 100-peso bill

Answer 17

Rhincodon typus

Question 18

Carabao

Answer 18

Bubalus bubalis carabensis

Question 19

Tamaraw, old genus name used to be Anoa

Answer 19

Bubalus mindorensis

Question 20

Give the three scientific names of native deer or “usa” and one mouse-deer or “pilandok”

Answer 20

• Rusa marianna (Philippine deer)
• Rusa alfredi (Visayan spotted deer)
• Axis calamianensis (Axis deer)
• Tragulus nigricans (Philippine mouse-deer)

Question 21

Give the three scientific names of native pigs or “baboy-ramo”

Answer 21

• Sus philippensis (Philippine warty pig)
• Sus cebifrons (Visayan warty pig)
• Sus ahoenobarbus

Question 22

The scientific name of the Philippine eagle’s favorite food (not a monkey)

Answer 22

Cynocephalus volans known as “kagwang”

Question 23

Name the two viverrids found in the Philippines

Answer 23

• Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet)
• Arctictis binturong (Binturong or bearcat)

Question 24

What does the IUCN stand for?

Answer 24

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Question 25

Name the only native wild cat of the Philippines, also known as “maral”

Answer 25

*Prionailurus javanensis sumatranus*

Question 26

Give some of the genus names of native rodents

Answer 26

- *Phloeomys* spp. (slender-tailed cloud rats) - *Crateromys* spp. (bushy-railed cloud rats) - *Batomys* spp. (hairy-tailed rats) - *Hylopetes nigripes* (Palawan flying squirrel) - *Petinimys mindanensis* (Mindanao flying squirrel)

Question 27

Give the scientific names of the two native primate species in the Philippines (not including humans)

Answer 27

- *Macaca fascicularis philippensis* (Philippine long-tailed macaque, “unggoy” or “matsing” in Tagalog, “amo” in Bisaya) - *Carlito syrichta* (Philippine tarsier, “mawumag” in Bisaya, “mago” in Waray)

Question 28

Known as “balintong” locally, this species is Critically Endangered due to poaching

Answer 28

*Manis culionensis* (Philippine pangolin or Palawan pangolin)