Studying Small Mammals in the Philippines Scale the heights of the Philippines’ highest peaks with Field Museum Curator and zoologist, Dr. Larry Heaney. You’ll discover the amazing diversity of mice, bats, and other small mammals that thrive in these mountaintop cloud forests. For the past eight years, Dr. Heaney and his team of American and Filipino biologists have been conducting field surveys in the Central Cordillera, a mountain range on northern Luzon Island. Astoundingly, 80% of Luzon’s mammal species live nowhere else on Earth. Join Dr. Heaney and his colleagues on the Philippine Mammal Project as they study Luzon’s extraordinary biodiversity and work to understand how it has evolved. Their research not only clarifies the relationship between evolution and environment, but also helps to determine how to most effectively conserve the unique ecology of the Philippines—one of the most severely deforested tropical countries in the world. Before you explore the Luzon Island interactive map and photo gallery, feel free to learn more about Philippine biodiversity and the Philippine Mammal Project below. Philippine Biodiversity Threats to Biodiversity The Philippine Mammal Project Luzon Island’s Importance 2008 Expedition Goals Special Thanks