Editing Basilan (section)

==Flora and fauna==
The island chain is one of two partial land bridges to Borneo and is an important migration route for birds. Among the species of flora and fauna found in Basilan are:

===Mammals===
*The [[Basilan flying squirrel]] (''Petinomys crinitus''), a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the southern Philippines, and found extensively in Basilan.

[[File:Tarsier-GG.jpg|thumb|Philippine tarsier]]
*The [[Philippine tarsier]] (''Tarsius syrichta''), a near-threatened tarsier species endemic to the Philippines.

===Amphibians===
*The Basilan Island caecilian (''[[Ichthyophis glandulosus]]''), a species of amphibian in the family Ichthyophiidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

===Birds===
*The [[yellow-wattled bulbul]] (''Pycnonotus urostictus''), found and documented in the Philippines, specifically Isabela, Basilan, on November 15, 1887, by Moseley, E. L. Published by Steere, J. B. in a list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere expedition to the Philippines.
*The [[Mindanao tarictic hornbill|Basilan tarictic hornbill]] (''Penelopides panini basilanicus''), a variant of ''[[Penelopides affinis basilanicus]]'' (Tweeddale, 1877). Also published by Steere, J. B., in a list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere expedition to the Philippines.
*The [[Everett's white-eye basilanicus]] (''Zosterops everetti basilanicus''), with distribution throughout the Philippines, but more extensively in Basilan, Dinagat, Mindanao, Siargao, and Camiguin. (Everett's white-eye, Tweeddale, 1878)

===Plants===
*The ''[[Dipterocarpus]] basilanicus'' tree, lofty, emergent, with grayish brown to orange, flaky, prominently lenticellate bark and aromatic oily white resin, with stout buttresses.