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This world is filled with many types of flora and fauna. The animals and plants have been here for a very long time and humans beings have been exploiting these for various reasons like food, resources and hunting trophies. As a result, the number of many animal species have slowly declined over the years. Here we have the list of endangered species in India.
1 Critically Endangered Species
Arthropods:
Rameshwaram parachute spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
Peacock tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
Birds:
- White-bellied heron (Ardea Insignis)
- Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
- Baer’s pochard (Aythya baeri)
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
- 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)
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
- Yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Fish:
- Wayanad mahseer (Barbodes wynaadensis)
- Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
- Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
- Glyptothorax kashmirensis
- Kudremukh glyptothorax (Glyptothorax kudremukhensis)
- Nilgiri mystus (Hemibagrus punctatus) possibly extinct
- Horalabiosa arunachalami
- Hypselobarbus pulchellus
- Red Canarese barb (Hypselobarbus thomassi)
- Mesonoemacheilus herrei
- Bovany barb (Neolissochilus bovanicus)
- Deolali minnow (Parapsilorhynchus prateri) possibly extinct
- Pookode Lake barb (Pethia pookodensis)
- Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
- Largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
- Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
- Psilorhynchus tenura
- Deccan barb (Puntius deccanensis)
- 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 (a species of gecko)
- 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:
- 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)
- Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana)
- Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
- Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina)
- Kashmir stag or hangul (Cervus canadensis hanglu)
2 Endangered Animals
Fish:
- Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
- Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
- Red line torpedo barb (Sahyadria denisonii)
- Golden mahaseer (Tor putitora)
- Deccan labeo (Labeo potail)
Birds:
- Forest owlet (Athene blewitti)
- Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Masked finfoot (Heliopais personatus)
- Lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus)
- Manipur bush-quail (Perdicula manipurensis)
- Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
- White-bellied blue robin (Myiomela albiventris)
- Nilgiri blue robin (Myiomela major)
- White-winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
- White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
- Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
- Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticero)
- Nordmann’s greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
- Black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
- Black-chinned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron jerdoni)
- Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
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)
- Cantor’s 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)
- Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
- Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus)
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
- Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
- 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)
- Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii)
3 Vulnerable Animals in India
These animals are not officially endangered yet but can be if we do not take care. Listed by the IUCN As of 2012:
Mammals:
- Gaur (Bos gaurus)
- Four-horned antelope or chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis)
- Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
- white-chested bear (Ursus thibetanus)
- Yak (Bos grunhniens)
- Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
- Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)
- Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
- Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- 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:
- Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
So that is all the endangered, critically endangered and vulnerable species of animals in India along with their scientific names. If you have a quiz coming up you sure are prepared! keep learning and have a nice day! 🙂