https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=List_of_endangered_animals_in_India List of endangered animals in India - Revision history 2026-07-31T07:38:31Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=List_of_endangered_animals_in_India&diff=308936&oldid=prev UpdateBot at 04:08, 8 March 2022 2022-03-08T04:08:58Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|None}}<br /> {{Update|date=April 2014}} <br /> The Red List of 2018 was released at the [[United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development|Rio+20 Earth Summit]]. It contains 132 species of plants and animals in India endangered.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3551664.ece?homepage=true Red list has 132 species of plants, animals from India]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.iucnredlist.org/current-news {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/world/Rio-red-list-extinction-species/index.html Extinction threat &#039;a call to world leaders&#039; at Rio Earth Summit ]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> {{TOC right}}<br /> <br /> == Critically endangered animals ==<br /> <br /> ===Arthropods===<br /> * [[Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica|Rameshwaram parachute spider]] (&#039;&#039;Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Poecilotheria metallica|Peacock tarantula]] (&#039;&#039;Poecilotheria metallia&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Birds===<br /> * [[White-bellied heron]] (&#039;&#039;Ardea insignis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Great Indian bustard]] (&#039;&#039;Ardeotis niriceps&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Baer&#039;s pochard]] (&#039;&#039;Aythya baeri&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Spoon-billed sandpiper]] (&#039;&#039;Calidris pygmaea&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[White-rumped vulture]] (&#039;&#039;Gyps bengalensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Indian vulture]] (&#039;&#039;Gyps indicus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Slender-billed vulture]] (&#039;&#039;Gyps tenuirostris&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Bengal florican]] c(&#039;&#039;Houbaropsis bengalensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Bugun liocichla]] (&#039;&#039;Liocichla bugunorum&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Himalayan quail]] (&#039;&#039;Ophrysia superciliosa&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Jerdon&#039;s courser]] (&#039;&#039;Rhinoptilus bitorquatus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Red-headed vulture]] (&#039;&#039;Sarcogyps calvus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sociable lapwing]] (&#039;&#039;Vanellus gregarius&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Christmas Island frigatebird]] (&#039;&#039;Fregata andrewsi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Pink-headed duck]] (&#039;&#039;Rhodonessa caryophyllacea&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Yellow-breasted bunting]] (&#039;&#039;Emberiza aureola&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Siberian crane]](&#039;&#039;Grus leucogeranus&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Fish===<br /> * [[Barbodes wynaadensis|Wayanad mahseer]] (&#039;&#039;Barbodes wynaadensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Pondicherry shark]] (&#039;&#039;Carcharhinus hemiodon&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Ganges shark]] (&#039;&#039;Glyphis gangeticus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Glyptothorax kashmirensis]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Glyptothorax kudremukhensis|Kudremukh glyptothorax]] (&#039;&#039;Glyptothorax kudremukhensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nilgiri mystus]] (&#039;&#039;Hemibagrus punctatus&#039;&#039; ) <br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Horalabiosa arunachalami]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Hypselobarbus pulchellus]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Red Canarese barb]] (&#039;&#039;Hypselobarbus thomassi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Mesonoemacheilus herrei]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Bovany barb]] (&#039;&#039;Neolissochilus bovanicus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Parapsilorhynchus prateri|Deolali minnow]] (&#039;&#039;Parapsilorhynchus prateri&#039;&#039;) possibly extinct<br /> * [[Pethia pookodensis|Pookode Lake barb]] (&#039;&#039;Pethia pookodensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Common sawfish]] (&#039;&#039;Pristis pristis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Largetooth sawfish]] (&#039;&#039;Pristis microdon&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Longcomb sawfish]] (&#039;&#039;Pristis zijsron&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Psilorhynchus tenura]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Deccan barb]] (&#039;&#039;Puntius deccanensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Schistura papulifera]]&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ===Insects===<br /> * [[Haematopinus oliveri|Pygmy hog-suckin&#039; louse]] (&#039;&#039;Haematopinus oliveri&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Reptiles and amphibians===<br /> * [[Barkudia insularis|Madras spotted skink]] (&#039;&#039;Barkudia insularis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Northern river terrapin]] (&#039;&#039;Batagur baska&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Red-crowned roofed turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Batagur kachuga&#039;&#039;)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Cnemaspis anaikattiensis]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Hawksbill sea turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Eretmochelys imbricata&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Gharial]] (&#039;&#039;Gavialis gangeticus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Fejervarya murthii|Ghats wart frog]] (&#039;&#039;Fejervarya murthii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Geckoella jeyporensis|Jeypore ground gecko]] (&#039;&#039;Geckoella jeyporensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Indirana gundia|Gundia Indian frog]] (&#039;&#039;Indirana gundia&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Indirana phrynoderma|Toad-skinned frog]] (&#039;&#039;Indirana phrynoderma&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Ingerana charlesdarwini|Charles Darwin&#039;s frog]] (&#039;&#039;Ingerana charlesdarwini&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Micrixalus kottigeharensis|Rao&#039;s torrt frog]] (&#039;&#039;Micrixalus kottigeharensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Dattatreya night frog]] (&#039;&#039;Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Philautus sanctisilvaticus|Sacred grove bushfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Philautus sanctisilvaticus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Pseudophilautus amboli|Amboli bush frog]] (&#039;&#039;Pseudophilautus amboli&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes chalazodes|White-spotted bush frog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes chalazodes&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes chlorosomma|Green eyed bushfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes chlorosomma&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes griet|Griet bush frog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes griet&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes kaikatti|Kaikatti bushfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes kaikatti&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes marki|Mark&#039;s bushfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes marki&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes munnarensis|Munnar bush frog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes munnarensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes ponmudi|Ponmudi bush frog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes ponmudi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes resplendens|Resplendent shrubfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes resplendens&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes shillongensis|Shillong bubble-nest frog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes shillongensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus|Anaimalai flying frog]] (&#039;&#039;Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Raorchestes sushili|Sushil&#039;s bushfrog]] (&#039;&#039;Raorchestes sushili&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Xanthophryne tigerina|Amboli toad]] (&#039;&#039;Xanthophryne tigerina&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Zakerana murthii|Ghats wart frog]] (&#039;&#039;Zakerana murthii&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Mammals===<br /> * [[Namdapha flying squirrel]] (&#039;&#039;Biswamoyopterus biswasi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Elvira rat]] (&#039;&#039;Cremnomys elvira&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Andaman shrew]] (&#039;&#039;Crocidura andamanensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Jenkins&#039; shrew]] (&#039;&#039;Crocidura jenkinsi&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nicobar shrew]] (&#039;&#039;Crocidura nicobarica&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Chinese pangolin]] (&#039;&#039;Manis pentadactyla&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Malabar large-spotted civet]] (&#039;&#039;Viverra civettina&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Kashmir stag]] or hangul (&#039;&#039;Cervus canadensis hanglu&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> == Endangered animals ==<br /> ===Fish===<br /> * [[Knifetooth sawfish]] (&#039;&#039;Anoxypristis cuspidata&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Asian arowana]] (&#039;&#039;Scleropages formosus&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Red line torpedo barb]] (&#039;&#039;Sahyadria denisonii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Tor putitora|Golden mahaseer]] (&#039;&#039;Tor putitora&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Deccan labeo]] (&#039;&#039;Labeo potail&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Birds===<br /> * [[Forest owlet]] (&#039;&#039;Athene blewitti&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Steppe eagle]] (&#039;&#039;Aquila nipalensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Great knot]] (&#039;&#039;Calidris tenuirostris&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Masked finfoot]] (&#039;&#039;Heliopais personatus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Lesser florican]] (&#039;&#039;Sypheotides indicus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Manipur bush-quail]] (&#039;&#039;Perdicula manipurensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Greater adjutant]] (&#039;&#039;Leptoptilos dubius&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[White-bellied blue robin]] (&#039;&#039;Myiomela albiventris&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Nilgiri blue robin]] (&#039;&#039;Myiomela major&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[White-winged duck]] (&#039;&#039;Asarcornis scutulata&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[White-headed duck]] (&#039;&#039;Oxyura leucocephala&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Green peafowl]] (&#039;&#039;Pavo muticus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Narcondam hornbill]] (&#039;&#039;Rhyticero&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nordmann&#039;s greenshank]] (&#039;&#039;Tringa guttifer&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Black-bellied tern]] (&#039;&#039;Sterna acuticauda&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Black-chinned laughingthrush]] (&#039;&#039;Trochalopteron jerdoni&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Egyptian vulture]] (&#039;&#039;Neophron percnopterus&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Reptiles===<br /> * [[Ahaetulla perroteti|Perrotet&#039;s vine snake]] (&#039;&#039;Ahaetulla perroteti&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Three-striped roofed turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Batagur dhongoka&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Green sea turtle|Green turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Chelonia mydas&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Chitra inkkl;<br /> * [[Goan day gecko]] (&#039;&#039;Cnemaspis goaensis&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Wyanad day gecko]] (&#039;&#039;Cnemaspis wynadensis&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Keeled box turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Cuora mouhotii&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Dasia subcaeruleum|Boulenger&#039;s dasia]] (&#039;&#039;Dasia subcaerulea&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Eurylepis poonaensis|Poona skink]] (&#039;&#039;Eurylepis poonaensis&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Eutropis clivicola|Inger&#039;s mabuya]] (&#039;&#039;Eutropis clivicola&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Elongated tortoise|Yellow-headed tortoise]] (&#039;&#039;Indotestudo elongata&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Asian forest tortoise]] (&#039;&#039;Manouria emys&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Otocryptis beddomei|Indian kangaroo lizard]] (&#039;&#039;Otocryptis beddomii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Assam roofed turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Pangshura sylhetensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Cantor&#039;s giant softshell turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Pelochelys cantorii&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Platyplectrurus madurensis|Travancore Hills thorntail snake]] (&#039;&#039;Platyplectrurus madurensis&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Rhinophis travancoricus|Travancore earth snake]] (&#039;&#039;Rhinophis travancoricus&#039;&#039;) <br /> * [[Cochin forest cane turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Vijayachelys silvatica&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Mammals===<br /> * [[Red panda]] (&#039;&#039;Ailurus fulgens&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sei whale]] (&#039;&#039;Balaenoptera borealis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Blue whale]] (&#039;&#039;Balaenoptera musculus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Fin whale]] (&#039;&#039;Balaenoptera physalus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Wild water buffalo]] (&#039;&#039;Bubalus arnee&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Hispid hare]] (&#039;&#039;Caprolagus hispidus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Dhole]] (&#039;&#039;Cuon alpinus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Indian elephant]] (&#039;&#039;Elephas maximus indicus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Kolar leaf-nosed bat]] (&#039;&#039;Hipposideros hypophyllus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Lion-tailed macaque]] (&#039;&#039;Macaca silenus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[White-bellied musk deer]] (&#039;&#039;Moschus leucogaster&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Servant mouse]] (&#039;&#039;Mus famulus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Mandelli&#039;s mouse-eared bat]] (&#039;&#039;Myotis sicarius&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nilgiri tahr]] (&#039;&#039;Nilgiritragus hylocrius&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Asiatic lion]] (&#039;&#039;Panthera leo persica&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Bengal tiger]] (&#039;&#039;Panthera tigris tigris&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[South Asian river dolphin|Ganges river dolphin]] (&#039;&#039;Platanista gangetica gangetica&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Gee&#039;s golden langur]] (&#039;&#039;Trachypithecus geei&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nicobar treeshrew]] (&#039;&#039;Tupaia nicobarica&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sangai]] (&#039;&#039;Rucervus eldii eldii&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ==Vulnerable animals ==<br /> Listed by the IUCN {{As of|2012}}:&lt;ref name=&quot;WII&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/mammals.htm| title=Endangered Mammal List|access-date=2007-08-06|work=Wildlife Institute of India (WII) |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070704233109/http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/mammals.htm &lt;!-- Bot retrieved archive --&gt; |archive-date = 2007-07-04}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Mammals===<br /> * [[Brown bear|brown bear (Ursus arctos)]]<br /> * [[Gaur]] (&#039;&#039;Bos gaurus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Four-horned antelope]] or chousingha (&#039;&#039;Tetracerus quadricornis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Oriental small-clawed otter]] (&#039;&#039;Aonyx cinerea&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[White-chested bear]] (&#039;&#039;Ursus thibetanus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Yak]] (&#039;&#039;Bos grunhniens&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Takin]] (&#039;&#039;Budorcas taxicolor&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Barasingha]] (&#039;&#039;Rucervus duvaucelii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Clouded leopard]] (&#039;&#039;Neofelis nebulosa&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Dugong]] (&#039;&#039;Dugong dugon&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sun bear]] (&#039;&#039;Helarctos malayanus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Stump-tailed macaque]] (&#039;&#039;Macaca arctoides&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Marbled cat]] (&#039;&#039;Pardofelis marmorata&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sperm whale]] (&#039;&#039;Physeter macrocephalus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Rusty-spotted cat]] (&#039;&#039;Prionailurus rubiginosus&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Indian rhinoceros]] (&#039;&#039;Rhinoceros unicornis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Snow leopard]] (&#039;&#039;Uncia uncia&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nilgiri marten]] (&#039;&#039;Martes gwatkinsii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Sloth Bear]] (&#039;&#039;Melursus ursinus&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Birds===<br /> * [[Sarus crane]] (&#039;&#039;Antigone antigone&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Nicobar megapode]] (&#039;&#039;Megapodius nicobariensis&#039;&#039;)<br /> * [[Dalmatian pelican]] (&#039;&#039;Pelecanus crispus&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ===Reptiles and amphibians===<br /> * [[Olive ridley sea turtle]] (&#039;&#039;Lepidochelys olivacea&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Fauna of India]]<br /> *[[Mammals of India]]<br /> *[[Endangered mammals of India]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}}<br /> <br /> {{threatened species by region|state=expanded}}<br /> {{threatened species}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Endangered species in India}}<br /> [[Category:Lists of fauna of India]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of endangered species|India]]<br /> [[Category:Fauna of India|.Endangered species]]<br /> [[Category:Endangered biota of Asia|.]]<br /> [[Category:Wildlife conservation in India]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of endangered animals]]</div> UpdateBot