RESEARCH
Since 1988, the Field Museum of Natural History has been the primary base of operations for the Philippine Mammal Project, a multi-institutional, international collaborative effort. The team has conducted field surveys of mammals (and other organisms) in carefully selected parts of the country to document the number and distribution of species. The specimens and information obtained are then used to develop a broad understanding of how the Philippines' exceptionally high level of biological diversity has evolved, how it is maintained under natural ecological circumstances, and how it can be most effectively conserved in the face of the many and severe challenges it faces.
Each of the sections below provides a link to an extensive set of information, including a list of all species of mammals discovered and described since 1975, a list of all project field survey areas since 1981, and a list of publications (with links) to publications produced by the project since the 1970s. The Synopsis of Philippine Mammals is an extensive, stand-alone summary of information about every mammal species known in the Philippines in 2010 (the last time the site was updated), along with lists of mammal species documented on every island from which records are available. The Key to the bats of the Philippine Philippine Islands, written by Nina Ingle and Larry Heaney, provides the information necessary to identify all species of Philippine bats that were known at the time of publication (1992), and remains a crucial guide for studies of the highly diverse Philippine bat fauna.
Each of the sections below provides a link to an extensive set of information, including a list of all species of mammals discovered and described since 1975, a list of all project field survey areas since 1981, and a list of publications (with links) to publications produced by the project since the 1970s. The Synopsis of Philippine Mammals is an extensive, stand-alone summary of information about every mammal species known in the Philippines in 2010 (the last time the site was updated), along with lists of mammal species documented on every island from which records are available. The Key to the bats of the Philippine Philippine Islands, written by Nina Ingle and Larry Heaney, provides the information necessary to identify all species of Philippine bats that were known at the time of publication (1992), and remains a crucial guide for studies of the highly diverse Philippine bat fauna.
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