ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
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The zoological collections contains descriptions of the fauna's taxonomic classification. Along with extensive cultural and educational work on zoology, as well as the popularization and propagation of environmental protection ideas among a broad segment of the population, educational programs for secondary and higher education institution students are implemented. The BSED Science Virtual Museum of Natural History’s Zoological Collections showcases animal collections that have been dried or preserved in fluids for scientific, cultural, and educational purposes.
Quick Facts
More than 90% of dietary energy is derived from 30,000 wild and 7,000 cultivated edible plants. Wheat, rice, and maize contribute more than half of the calories derived from plants around the world.
Reference: UN FAO (1997) State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Phylum: Chordata
Caesio cuning
Caesio cuning
(Bloch, 1791)
(Bloch, 1791)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: TeleosteiOrder: PerciformesFamily: CaesionidaeGenus: CaesioSpecies: Caesio cuningCurator: Alyssha Angel C. Omolida, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0043
Caesio cuning, commonly known as the redbelly yellowtail fusilier, is a fish native to the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. It is known locally in the Philippines as dalagang-bukid.
Channa striata
Channa striata
(Bloch, 1793)
(Bloch, 1793)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: AnabantiformesFamily: ChannidaeGenus: ChannaSpecies: Channa striataCurator: Sydie C. Moredo, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0041
Channa striata has a long body characterized with dark black-brown on the upper section of its body, and bands of a white on its belly. It is common in freshwater plains, where it migrates from rivers and lakes into flooded fields, returning to the permanent water bodies in the dry season, where it survives by burrowing in the mud.
Columba livia domestica
Columba livia domestica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: ColumbiformesFamily: ColumbidaeGenus: ColumbaSpecies: Columba livia domesticaCurator: Sydie C. Moredo, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0040
The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) is a pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove (also called the rock pigeon). They are generally walk or run while bobbing their heads forward and backward. They fly with a steady and direct path.
Cynopterus brachyotis
Cynopterus brachyotis
(Müller, 1838)
(Müller, 1838)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: ChiropteraFamily: PteropodidaeGenus: CynopterusSpecies: Cynopterus brachyotisCurator: Sydie C. Moredo, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0042
Cynopterus brachyotis also called the Short-nosed or Common Fruit Bat, this species is common to abundant throughout most of its range. It occurs in a range of habitats from lowland primary and secondary forests to mangroves, cultivated areas, and parks and gardens.
Gallus gallus domesticus
Gallus gallus domesticus
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: GalliformesFamily: PhasianidaeGenus: GallusSpecies: Gallus gallus domesticusCurator: Audrei Loise A. Suilan, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0053
Gallus gallus domesticus is a species native to Southern Asia, and parts of South Asia, it is mostly called a domestic chicken. A baby chick has a distinct yellow color or golden yellow and when they mature it has a comb and two wattles, which distinguishes it from the majority of other birds. Chickens have feathers all over their bodies, with a few vestigial hairs strewn about. This species is important in the field of Science or researches as a model organism. The chicken embryo is an incredibly excellent model organism for developmental biology study.
Gobiopterus lacustri domesticus
Gobiopterus lacustri domesticus
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: TeleosteiOrder: PerciformesFamily: GobiidaeGenus: GobiopterusSpecies: Gobiopterus lacustri domesticusCurator: Rizz Ivy Olive B. Hibe, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0038
Gobiopterus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Hemidactylus frenatus
Hemidactylus frenatus
(Schlegel)
(Schlegel)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataFamily: GekkonidaeGenus: HemidactylusSpecies: Hemidactylus frenatusCurator: Audrei Loise A. Suilan, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0052
Hemidactylus frenatus is a native from southeastern Asia to Pakistan, and it is also known as common house gecko. However, because of human introduction, it can be found all over the planet. Their scales are normally uniform anteriorly, but grow in size down the rear, and huge spiky scales are grouped in bands around the tail; their pupils are vertical, and they have dark vision. It has four developed legs, a long tail, a prehensile tongue, adhesive toe pads, and larger claws. Large tokay geckos and small geckos are used in Chinese Traditional Medicine to cure a variety of maladies, including asthma, tuberculosis, diabetes, and cancer, and current research in China focuses on identifying active compounds in geckos and proving their efficacy.
Hirundo rustica
Hirundo rustica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: PasseriformesFamily: HirundinidaeGenus: HirundoSpecies: Hirundo rusticaCurator: Sydie C. Moredo, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0110
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. They fly with quick bursts of straight flight, rarely gliding, and can perform fast tight turns, and dives.
Hypostomus plecostomus
Hypostomus plecostomus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: TeleostaeOrder: SuluriformesFamily: LoricariidaeGenus: HypostomusSpecies: Hypostomus plecostomusCurator: Princess S. Sabela, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0047
Hypostomus plecostomus, also known as the suckermouth catfish or the common pleco, is a tropical fish belonging to the armored catfish family (Loricariidae), named for the armor-like longitudinal rows of scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and abdomen is naked).
Gallus gallus domesticus
Gallus gallus domesticus
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: GalliformesFamily: PhasianidaeGenus: GallusSpecies: Gallus gallus domesticusCurator: Ma. Allyssa J. Cervantes, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0033
Chickens breed in the spring and summer months. Egg laying is stimulated by the long stretches of daylight that occur during the warmer months; however, artificial lights placed in chicken coops can trigger a hen’s egg laying response throughout the year. The time between ovulation and egg-laying is approximately 23–26 hours. Subsequent ovulations may occur within an hour after the previous egg was laid, allowing some hens to produce as many as 300 eggs per year.
Oreochromis niloticus
Oreochromis niloticus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinoptertgiiOrder: CichliformesFamily: CichlidaeGenus: OreochromisSpecies: Oreochromis niloticusCurator: Sydie C. Moredo, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0039
Oreochromis niloticus are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes, and less commonly found living in brackish water. It is one of the most commercially important commodities in fisheries and aquaculture.
Pterophylum scalare
Pterophylum scalare
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinoptertgiiOrder: CichliformesFamily: CichlidaeGenus: PterophylumSpecies: Pterophylum scalareCurator: John Robert F. Cruz, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0036
Body compressed and disc-shaped; dorsal and anal spiny rays increasing in length from anterior to posterior part of the fin, first branched rays also very long; body height at anal fin level 1.07 to 1.29 times in SL, body color silvery with dark vertical bars (7 in juveniles, 4 in adults).
Rattus rattus
Rattus rattus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaFamily: MuridaeGenus: RattusSpecies: Rattus rattusCurator: Alyssha Angel C. Omolida, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0044
A slender rat with large hairless ears, R. rattus may be grey-brown on the back with either a similarly-coloured or creamish-white belly, or it may be black all over. The uniformly-coloured tail is always longer than the head and body length combined. Its body weight is usually between 120 and 160 g but it can exceed 200 g.
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cicada orni
Cicada orni
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: HemipteraFamily: CicadaeGenus: CicadaSpecies: Cicada orniCurator: Audrei Loise A. Suilan, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0050
Cicada orni is a cicada that can be found in a number of European and Asian nations. It is part of the sound-producing insects with two pairs of membranous wings, conspicuous compound eyes, and three simple eyes. Cicadas are 2 to 5 cm long and medium to huge in size. Vibrating membranes (tymbals) near the base of the abdomen make loud noises in male cicadas. The reddish segments of the abdomen have a silky pubescence. Their antennae are very short, and their proboscis is very long. Cicadas have long been utilized in folk medicine, as well as as religious and monetary symbols and as a food source.
Creatonotos gangis
Creatonotos gangis
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraFamily: ArctiidaeGenus: CreatonotosSpecies: Creatonotos gangisCurator: Audrei Loise A. Suilan, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0051
This moth species is found in South East Asian and Australia. Adults have white hind wings and brown forewings with a dark streak on each, with a 4 cm wingspan. The abdomen is red or yellow in color. When inflated, males have four enormous eversible coremata (scent organs) that can extend the length of the abdomen.
Gnaphosidae
Gnaphosidae
(Pocock, 1898)
(Pocock, 1898)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: ArachinadaOrder: AraneaeFamily: GnaphosidaeGenus: AllomicytusSpecies: Gnaphosidae Curator: Princess S. Sabela, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0049
Ground spiders are known to be venomous to humans or animals, and, for the most part, remain unnoticed by humans due to their reclusive nature. Ground spiders may occasionally bite if a female believes her egg sac is in danger or when the spider feels threatened.
Macrosomia umbrata
Macrosomia umbrata
(Pocock, 1898)
(Pocock, 1898)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: HemipteraFamily: CicadidaeGenus: MacrosomiaSpecies: Macrosomia umbrataCurator: Princess S. Sabela, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0048
Male Macrosomia umbrata's head and thorax are above obscure olivaceous. Their head has a lateral margins to the front, the area of the ocelli, and some irregular spots on each lateral area of the vertex black, eyes ochraceous.
Neostylopyga rhombifolia
Neostylopyga rhombifolia
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: BlattodeaFamily: BlattidaeGenus: NeostylopygaSpecies: Neostylopyga rhombifoliaCurator: Rizz Ivy Olive B. Hibe, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0037
Neostylopyga rhombifolia, the harlequin roach, is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae. It is found in North America, Oceania, and Southern Asia.
Pterophylum scalare
Pterophylum scalare
(Linnaeus)
(Linnaeus)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygieOrder: CichliformesFamily: CichlidaeGenus: PterophylumSpecies: Pterophylum scalareCurator: John Robert F. Cruz, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0035
Forewing is soft dark gray to blue-gray with a series of black dashes, one of which reaches the wing tip. Hindwing is black with blurry pale gray bands.
Supella longipalpa
Supella longipalpa
(Fabricius, 1798)
(Fabricius, 1798)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: BlattodeaFamily: BlattellidaeGenus: Supella Species: Supella longipalpaCurator: Alyssha Angel C. Omolida, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0045
The brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa is a small domestic species of cockroaches that live their entire life indoors. This species derives its name from two prominent bands present on nymphs and adults.
Varuna litterata
Varuna litterata
(Fabricius, 1798)
(Fabricius, 1798)
Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: CrustaceaOrder: DecapodaFamily: GrapsidaeGenus: VarunaSpecies: Varuna litterataCurator: Ma. Allyssa J. Cervantes, (2021)Collection Code: BSEDSCPP-0034
The river swimming crab, Varuna litterata, is a euryhaline crab found throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific, including South Africa, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia. It has unique migration distribution pattern because it is a euryhaline and catadromous species.
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