Mt. Timolan Protected Landscape Review

This protected landscape is a key biodiversity area that provides sanctuary for a wide range of flora and fauna, including endemic and endangered species. Covering a total area of 2,689.542 hectares marked by lowland forests, grassland, steep slopes and ridges, it is home to creatures such as the Philippine eagle, Philippine cockatoo, Philippine hawk eagle, Philippine tarsier, Philippine warty pig, Asian palm civet cat Philippine sailfin lizard, to name a few. In 2018, scientist and Far Eastern University faculty, Rudolph Valentino A. Docot, discovered a new vulnerable plant species named Plagiostachys lourdesiae (Zingiberaceae).