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  • Three endemic mammal species are considered endangered, including the Calamian deer, a Sunda tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) (recommended for delisting), and the Palawan rat (Palawanomys furvus), which was collected only four times in 1962.

    Palawan rain forests 2008

  • Endemic saurians include Pseudogonatodes furvus, Anolis sanctamartae, Ptychoglossus ronalus and Proctoporus specularis.

    Santa Marta montane forests 2008

  • On the contrary, Isidore says: “Fur (thief) is derived from furvus and so from fuscus (dark), because he takes advantage of the night.”

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • _On the contrary, _ Isidore says (Etym. x): "_Fur_ (thief) is derived from _furvus_ and so from _fuscus_ (dark), because he takes advantage of the night."

    Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

  • Family Species Pteropodidae Acerodon leucotis* Cervidae Axis calamianensis* Sciuridae Sundasciurus steerii* Sciuridae Sundasciurus moellendorfi* Sciuridae Sundasciurus rabori* Sciuridae Hylopetes nigripes* Muridae Chiropodomys calamianensis* Muridae Maxomys panglima* Muridae Palawanomys furvus* Hystricidae Hystrix pumila* Sorcidae Crocidura palawanensis* Muridae Haeromys sp.

    Palawan rain forests 2008

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