List of endangered animals in India
According to the Red Data List of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are 48 critically endangered species in India (as of 5 September 2011).[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
Arthropoda
- Rameshwaram parachute spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
- Peacock tarantula (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)
- Bugun liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum)
- Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
- Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
- Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
Fish
- 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 barb (Puntius deccanensis)
- Schistura papulifera (Schistura papulifera)
Insects
- Pygmy Hog Sucking Louse (Haematopinus oliveri)
- Data deficient (“Data inadequate to determine a threat category”)
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) [lower-alpha 1]
- 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) [lower-alpha 1]
- Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana)
- Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
- Indian Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) [lower-alpha 1]
- Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina)
Endangered in india
Fish
- Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
- Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
- Red line torpedo barb (Sahyadria denisonii)
- Golden Mahaseer (Tor putitora)
Birds
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus)
- Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
- White-bellied Blue Robin (Myiomela albiventris)
- Nilgiri Blue Robin (Myiomela major)
- White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
- Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
- Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticero)
- Spotted Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
- Banasura Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron jerdoni)
Reptiles
- Perrotet's Vine Snake (Ahaetulla perroteti)
- Three-striped Roofed Turtle (Batagur dhongoka)
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra indica)
- Goan Day Gecko (Cnemaspis goaensis)
- Wyanad Day Gecko (Cnemaspis wynadensis)
- Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii)
- Boulenger's Dasia (Dasia subcaerulea)
- Poona Skink (Eurylepis poonaensis)
- Inger's Mabuya (Eutropis clivicola)
- Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
- Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
- Indian Kangaroo Lizard (Otocryptis beddomii)
- Assam Roofed Turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis)
- Asian Giant Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
- Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake (Platyplectrurus madurensis)
- Travancore Earth Snake (Rhinophis travancoricus)
- Cochin Forest Cane Turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica)
Mammals
- Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Banteng (Bos javanicus)
- Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
- Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus)
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
- Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
- Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)
- Kolar leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus)
- Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
- White-bellied musk deer (Moschus leucogaster)
- Servant mouse (Mus famulus)
- Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (Myotis sicarius)
- Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
- Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
- Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
- Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica)
- Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei)
- Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica)
Vulnerable
Listed by the IUCN As of 2012:[5]
Mammals
- Gaur (Bos gaurus)
- Yak (Bos grunhniens)
- Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
- abcdefghijklmnopatstuvwxyZ (Rucervus duvaucelii)
- Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
- Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
- Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
- Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
- Nilgiri Marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
Birds
- Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
- Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis)
- Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Reptiles and amphibians
Notes
See also
References
- ↑ "Extinction Animals (Press Release)". Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Endangered Mammal List". Wildlife Institute of India (WII). Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
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