Name Quiñones, Mary Angela Felicia T._____________ Date Nov.

5, 2022_
Course/Section/Schedule BSMA/CPE 1/MWF 8:40 – 9:40 Score __________

Activity _1_
Philippine Wildlife Species Profile

1. Common name _Philippine Eagle______________________________

2. Scientific name _Pithecophaga Jefferyi____________________________

3. IUCN Red List conservation status _Critically Endangered____________

4. Location _Only in the Philippines________________________________

5. Describe the animal’s habitat

___The Philippine Eagles inhabit moist and montane forests.__________________________________

6. List the animal’s principal sources of food

____The Philippine Eagles primary source of food is mainly on medium-sized mammals like flying
lemurs, palm civets, flying squirrels, and monkeys.___________________________________________

7. List the animal’s principal enemies in the wild

____The Philippine Eagles have no natural predators except humans.___________________________

8. What elements in the animal’s habitat are most important for its survival?
____Forests at are mostly in steep and rugged mountains because its diet varies depending on the
availability of prey on different islands.____________________________________________________

9. What factors are threatening or endangering its survival?

____The factors that threatened its survival is the destruction of its natural habitat because of
urbanization and agricultural expansion and humans that hunts it.______________________________

10. What steps are being taken to protect and preserve the animal?
____For I, the most important things that the Philippines can do to protect the animal is to address the
high levels of deforestation, habitat degradation, and wildlife exploitation. Also, the Philippines need
to increase land protection for wildlife and increase funding for conservation efforts._______________

11. What are its chances of survival?

____If the steps are taken seriously and urgently by the people of the Philippines, then its survival
would be higher, however if not, its survival would be uncertain._______________________________

12. What other steps could be taken to preserve this species?

___To protect the Philippine Eagles, the Philippines also need to protect the monkeys, civets, and
other animals they need for food, the plants and animals that money and civets feeds on, and the
forest or trees that Philippine Eagles nest in, which also helps protect the other animals that use these
trees for food, shelter, and space.________________________________________________________

13. Why it is important to preserve this species?

____The Philippine Eagle is important because they regulate the population of smaller animals that
can pose danger to humans like snakes and cause damage to agricultural crops such as rats. The
presence of the Philippine Eagles in the forest is an ecological indicator that connotes a rich and bio
diverse environment.__________________________________________________________________