List Of Endangered Species In India
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 (2011-09-05)):
The Red list of 2012 is out on 18 february 2012 at Rio +20 Earth Summit. Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically Endangered from India.
Birds
- Ardea insignis (White-bellied Heron)(Imperial Heron)
- Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper)
- Grus leucogeranus (Siberian Crane)
- Gyps bengalensis (White-rumped Vulture)
- Gyps indicus (Indian Vulture)
- Gyps tenuirostris (Slender-billed Vulture)
- Heteroglaux blewitti (Forest Owlet)
- Houbaropsis bengalensis (Bengal Florican)
- Ophrysia superciliosa (Himalayan Quail)
- Rhinoptilus bitorquatus (Jerdon's Courser), Endemic to India
- Sarcogyps calvus (Red-headed Vulture)
- Vanellus gregarius (Sociable Lapwing)
- Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (Pink-headed Duck)
- Great Indian Bustard(Ardeotis nigriceps)
Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes
- Anoxypristis cuspidata (Knifetooth sawfish)
- Batagur baska (Four-toed Terrapin)
- Batagur kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle)
- Biswamoyopterus biswasi (Namdapha Flying Squirrel)
- Carcharhinus hemiodon (Pondicherry shark)
- Cremnomys elvira (Large Rock-rat)
- Crocidura andamanensis (Andaman White-toothed Shrew)
- Crocidura jenkinsi (Jenkin's Shrew), Endemic to India.
- Crocidura nicobarica (Nicobar Shrew)
- Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback)
- Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran Rhinoceros)
- Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle)
- Fejervarya murthii
- Gavialis gangeticus (Fish-eating crocodile)
- Glyphis gangeticus (Ganges Shark), Endemic to India.
- Indirana gundia
- Himalayan Wolf
- Kashmir Stag
- Namdapha Flying Squirrel
- Indirana phrynoderma
- Ingerana charlesdarwini
- Labeo potail (Deccan Labeo)
- Micrixalus kottigeharensis
- Millardia kondana (Kondana Rat)
- Philautus chalazodes
- Philautus griet
- Philautus ponmudi
- Philautus sanctisilvaticus
- Philautus shillongensis
- Philautus sp. nov. 'Amboli Forest'
- Philautus sp. nov. 'Munnar'
- Porcula salvania (Pygmy Hog or Sus salvanius)elephant
- Pristis microdon (Leichhardt's sawfish)
- Pristis zijsron (Narrowsnout sawfish)
- Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus
- Rhinoceros sondaicus (Javan Rhinoceros)
- Viverra civettina (Malabar Large-spotted Civet)
Read more about List Of Endangered Species In India: Endangered, Vulnerable, Threatened
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, endangered, species and/or india:
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“While learning the language in France a young man’s morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.”
—Freeman Dyson (b. 1923)
“But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)