CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF INDIA

MAMMALS

1) Flying Squirrel (Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh)

2) Malabar Civet (endemic to the Western Ghats)
3) Himalayan Wolf (Kashmir, HP)
4) Himalayan Brown Bear (North India) (Largest Mammal in the Himalayas)
5) Kashmir Stag (Hangul) (State Animal of Jammu Kashmir) (<150 but not evaluated by IUCN)
(Dachigam National Park, Srinagar)
6) Pygmy Hog (Worlds smallest wild pig) ( now only found in Assam <150)
7) Rats - Elvira Rat (only in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu)
Kondana Soft-Furred Rat (only in the Sinhagad plateau of Pune, Maharashtra)
8) Shrews - Andaman Shrew, Nicobar Shrew, Jenkins' Shrew (South Andaman Island)
9) Chinese Pangolin (Himalayan foothills) (The most trafficked mammal in the world) (large,
protective keratin scales covering their skin, and only known mammals with this feature)

REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS

1) Gharial (Fish-Eating Crocodile) : <235 (UP, MP, Rajasthan (in Chambal and Girwa Rivers))
2) Turtles : Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle, Northern River Terrapin
3) Lizards : Jeypore Indian Gecko(Eastern Ghats of Andra,Odisha), Cnemaspis
Anaikattiensis(Anaikatti Hills,Coimbatore), Madras Spotted Skink (Chilka Lake, Odisha)
4) Frogs (21 Varieties like Anaimalai Flying Frog, Ponmudi Bush Frog, Munnar Bush Frog,
Charles Darwin's Frog, Rao's Torrent Frog, Sushil's Bush Frog, Dattatreya Night Frog)

BIRDS

1) Great Indian Bustard (ostrich like appearance) (250 remaining)(State Bird of Rajasthan)
(Kori Bustard of Africa is the largest flying bird and heaviest living animal capable of flight)
2) Indian Vulture , White-Rumped Vulture, Slender-Billed Vulture, Red-Headed Vulture
(99% population decrease since 1990s)(poisoning by Diclofenac) (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)
(Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre (JCBC) ,Pinjore, Haryana) (Asia's first & Worlds
Largest vulture breeding facility)
3) Bengal Florican (Bengal Bustard) 6) Pink-Headed Duck (Ganges &
4) Forest Owlet (Central India) Brahmaputra)
5) Siberian Crane (Keoladeo NP, Raj) 7) Himalayan Quail (Uttarakhand)
FISH

1) Ganges Shark (Hooghly River, Ganges, 3) Pondicherry Shark (Sri Lanka)

Brahmaputra, Mahanadi) 4) Sawfish
2) Mahseer (Wayanad Mahseer, 5) Barb
Humpback Mahseer)
SPIDERS

INSECT 1) Rameshwaram Spider(Rameswaram)

2) Peacock Spider (Gooty,AndraPradesh)
1) Pygmy Hog-Sucking Louse
ENDANGERED SPECIES

1) Asiatic Lion (State Animal of Gujarat)

2) Bengal Tiger (National Animal of both India and Bangladesh)
3) Snow Leopard (State Animal of Himachal Pradesh)
4) Indian Elephant (State Animal of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala)
5) Red Panda (Lesser Panda, Red Cat-Bear) (State Animal of Sikkim)
6) Ganges River Dolphin(Ganges,Brahm) 10) Hoolock Gibbon (North East India)
7) Nilgiri Tahr (State Animal Tamil Nadu) 11) Hispid Hare (Assam Rabbit)
8) Lion-Tailed Macaque (Western Ghats) 12) Blue Whale
9) Golden Langur (Assam) 13) Steppe Eagle
14) Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Phayre's Langur) (State Animal of Tripura)
15) Sangai (Manipuri Brow-Antlered Deer, Dancing Deer) (State Animal of Manipur)
(found in its natural habitat only at Keibul Lamjao National Park floating over Loktak Lake)
16) Musk Deer (Kashmir, Himalayan, Alpine Musk Deer)(State Animal of Uttarakhand)
17) Wild Water Buffalo (State Animal of Chhattisgarh)
18) Dhole (Indian Wild Dog, Red Dog, Red Wolf, Mountain Wolf) (<2500)
19) Finback Whale (Razorback, Common Rorqual) (Second-largest animal after the blue whale)
20) Sei Whale (Third-largest animal after the blue whale and the fin whale)
21) Green Peafowl (closest relative of the Indian Peafowl or Blue Peafowl) (North-Eastern India)
22) Nilgiri (Banasura) Laughingthrush (Nilgiris, Brahmagiris(Coorg), Banasura range (Wayanad))
23) Greater Adjutant (Assam,WB)(Scavengers)(Calcutta adjutant or Hargila bone-swallower")

VULNERABLE

1) Indian Rhinoceros (State: Assam) 3) Fishing Cat (State Animal of W.B)

2) Clouded Leopard (State: Meghal) 4) Sambar Deer (State Animal Odish)
5) Barasingha (Swamp Deer) (State Animal of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh)
6) Dugong (Sea Cows) (hunted for meat and oil) (Symbol of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
7) Gaur (Indian Bison) (State Animal of Bihar, Goa)( Worlds largest wild cattle species)
8) Gayal (Mithun) (State Animal of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland) (Large domestic bovine)
9) Blackbuck (Indian Antelope, Krishna Mrugam)(State Animal of Andra , Haryana, Punjab)
10) Himalayan Serow (State Animal of Mizoram)(goat-antelope native to eastern Himalayas)
11) Takin (goat-antelope, National animal of Bhutan, Dihang-Dibang BioReserv in Arunachal)
12) Sperm Whale (Cachalot (means big tooth) (the largest of the toothed whales and the
largest toothed predator) (largest brain of any animal on Earth (5-6 times heavier than
humans)) (Spermaceti Oil (for oil lamps, lubricants, and candles) & Ambergris (solid
waxy waste product from its digestive system is highly valued as a fixative in perfumes)
13) Stump-Tailed Macaque (Bear Macaque) (North Eastern India)
14) Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (best known for their behaviour of synchronized nesting in mass
numbers : Gahirmatha in Odisha (Worlds largest mass nesting site))
15) Dalmatian Pelican (World's largest freshwater bird) (eg: Bharatpur, Rajasthan)
16) Sarus Crane (Worlds tallest flying bird (~1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)) (State Bird of Uttar Pradesh)
17) Great Indian Hornbill (State Bird of Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh)
18) Yak (Ship of the Mountain) 20) Marbled Cat (North-East India)
19) Sun Bears (North-East India) 21) Rusty-Spotted Cat