List of endangered animals in India
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Critically endangered species in India According to the Red Data Book of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are 47 critically endangered species in India (as of 5 September 2011[update]).[1]
The Red List of 2012 was released at the Rio+20 Earth Summit . It contains 132 species of plants and animals in India listed as critically endangered.[2][3][4]
Critically endangered in India
Anthropods
- Rameshwaram Parachute Spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
- Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
- Poecilotheria metallica
Birds
- White-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)
- Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
- Forest owlet (Athene blewitti)
- Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
- Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
- White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
- Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)
- Slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
- Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
- Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
- Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
- Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
- Bugun liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum)
Fish
- Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
- Wayanad Mahseer (Barbodes wynaadensis)
- Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
- Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
- Glyptothorax kashmirensis (Glyptothorax kashmirensis)
- Kudremukh Glyptothorax (Glyptothorax kudremukhensis)
- Nilgiri Mystus (Hemibagrus punctatus)
- Horalabiosa arunachalami (Horalabiosa arunachalami)
- Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Hypselobarbus pulchellus)
- Red Canarese Barb (Hypselobarbus thomassi)
- Deccan labeo (Labeo potail)
- Mesonoemacheilus herrei (Mesonoemacheilus herrei)
- Bovany Barb (Neolissochilus bovanicus)
- Deolali Minnow (Parapsilorhynchus prateri)
- Pookode Lake Barb (Pethia pookodensis)
- Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
- Largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
- Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
- Psilorhynchus tenura (Psilorhynchus tenura)
- Deccan chargers Barb (Puntius deccanensis)
- Humpback mahseer[5]
- Schistura papulifera (Schistura papulifera)
Insects
- Pygmy Hog Sucking Louse (Haematopinus oliveri)
Reptiles and amphibians
- Madras Spotted Skink (Barkudia insularis)
- Northern river terrapin (Batagur baska)
- Red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga)
- Cnemaspis anaikattiensis(Cnemaspis anaikattiensis)
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
- Ghats wart frog (Fejervarya murthii)
- Jeypore Ground Gecko (Geckoella jeyporensis)
- Gundia Indian frog (Indirana gundia)
- Toad-skinned frog (Indirana phrynoderma)
- Charles Darwin's frog (Ingerana charlesdarwini)
- Rao's torrent frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis)
- Dattatreya night frog (Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis)
- Sacred Grove Bushfrog (Philautus sanctisilvaticus)
- Amboli bush frog (Pseudophilautus amboli)
- White-spotted bush frog (Raorchestes chalazodes)
- Green Eyed Bushfrog (Raorchestes chlorosomma)
- Griet bush frog (Raorchestes griet)
- Kaikatti Bushfrog (Raorchestes kaikatti)
- Mark's Bushfrog (Raorchestes marki)
- Munnar bush frog (Raorchestes munnarensis)
- Ponmudi bush frog (Raorchestes ponmudi)
- Resplendent shrubfrog (Raorchestes resplendens)
- Shillong bubble-nest frog (Raorchestes shillongensis)
- Anaimalai flying frog (Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus)
- Sushil's Bushfrog (Raorchestes sushili)
- Amboli Toad (Xanthophryne tigerina)
- Ghats Wart Frog (Zakerana murthii)
Mammals
- Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
- Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)
- Himalayan wolf ("Canis himalayensis")
- Elvira rat (Cremnomys elvira)
- Andaman Shrew (Crocidura andamanensis)
- Jenkins' shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi)
- Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica)
- Northern Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana)
- Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
- Indian Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis)
- Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina)
- Elvira rat (Cremnomys elvira)
- Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
- Kashmir stag (Cervus canadensis hanglu)
Endangered
Fish
- Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
- Red Line Torpedo Barb (Sahyadria denisonii)
Birds
- Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticeros narcondami)
Reptiles
- Assam roofed turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis)
Mammals
- Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
- Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Banteng (Bos javanicus)
- Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)
- Central Kashmir vole (Alticola montosa)
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
- Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica)
- Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei)
- Kolar leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus)
- Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus)
- Hoolock gibbons (Hoolock spp.)
- Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
- Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur)
- Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
- Markhor (Capra falconeri)
- Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (Myotis sicarius)
- Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
- Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
- Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus)
- Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii)
- Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
- Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica)
- Palm rat (Rattus palmarum)
- Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Red goral (Naemorhedus baileyi)
- Sangai
- Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
- Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
- Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
- Servant mouse (Mus famulus)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii)
- Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
- Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)
- White-bellied musk deer (Moschus leucogaster)
- Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
- Wild goat (Capra aegagrus)
- Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)
- Yak (Bos grunhniens)
Vulnerable
Listed by the IUCN As of 2012[update]:[6]
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Mammals
- Clouded leopard
- Dugong
- Indian rhinoceros
- Gaur
- Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
Reptiles and amphibians
See also
References
- ^ "Extinction Animals (Press Release)". Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ Red list has 132 species of plants, animals from India
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/current-news
- ^ Extinction threat 'a call to world leaders' at Rio Earth Summit
- ^ "Iconic Indian fish on verge of extinction: Study". zee news. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Endangered Mammal List". Wildlife Institute of India (WII). Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
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