Endangered Species in India 2020

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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! 🙂