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    This document summarizes several endangered species found in India. It discusses their threats and habitat. Some of the critically endangered species mentioned are the Himalayan brown bear, pygmy hog found only in Assam, and Andaman white-toothed shrew found only on South Andaman Island. Other endangered species discussed include the red panda, lion-tailed macaque found in the Western Ghats, and the Ganges river dolphin which has been recognized as India's national aquatic animal. Habitat loss and degradation, poaching, and human activities are threats facing many of these endangered species in India.

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    This document summarizes several endangered species found in India. It discusses their threats and habitat. Some of the critically endangered species mentioned are the Himalayan brown bear, pygmy hog found only in Assam, and Andaman white-toothed shrew found only on South Andaman Island. Other endangered species discussed include the red panda, lion-tailed macaque found in the Western Ghats, and the Ganges river dolphin which has been recognized as India's national aquatic animal. Habitat loss and degradation, poaching, and human activities are threats facing many of these endangered species in India.

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    This document summarizes several endangered species found in India. It discusses their threats and habitat. Some of the critically endangered species mentioned are the Himalayan brown bear, pygmy hog found only in Assam, and Andaman white-toothed shrew found only on South Andaman Island. Other endangered species discussed include the red panda, lion-tailed macaque found in the Western Ghats, and the Ganges river dolphin which has been recognized as India's national aquatic animal. Habitat loss and degradation, poaching, and human activities are threats facing many of these endangered species in India.

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    This document summarizes several endangered species found in India. It discusses their threats and habitat. Some of the critically endangered species mentioned are the Himalayan brown bear, pygmy hog found only in Assam, and Andaman white-toothed shrew found only on South Andaman Island. Other endangered species discussed include the red panda, lion-tailed macaque found in the Western Ghats, and the Ganges river dolphin which has been recognized as India's national aquatic animal. Habitat loss and degradation, poaching, and human activities are threats facing many of these endangered species in India.

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    Endangered species in India

    Critically Endangered
    Geography by
    Rushikesh Dudhat
    Himalayan Brown/Red Bear
    • Threats: loss of suitable habitat
    and persecution by humans

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Pygmy Hog (Porcula salvania)
    • Is the world's smallest wild pig.
    It is one of the most useful
    indicators of the management
    status of grassland habitats.
    • Distribution: Previously spread
    across India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
    Now only found in Assam
    (Manas Wildlife Sanctuary and
    its buffer reserves).
    • Threats: The main threats are
    loss and degradation of
    grasslands, dry-season burning,
    livestock grazing and
    afforestation of grasslands.
    Hunting is also a threat.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Andaman White-toothed Shrew
    • Distribution: It is endemic to the
    South Andaman Island of India.
    • They are usually active by
    twilight or in the night.
    • Threats: Habitat loss due to
    selective logging, natural
    disasters such as tsunami and
    drastic weather change are
    thought to contribute to current
    population declines.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Namdapha Flying
    Squirrel
    • It is a unique (the only one in its genus)
    flying squirrel that is restricted to a single
    valley in the Namdapha N.P. (or) W.L.S. in
    Arunachal Pradesh.
    • Habitat/distribution: Found only in
    Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal
    Pradesh.
    • Threats: Hunted for food.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Malabar Civet
    • It is endemic to India and was first
    reported from Travancore, Kerala.
    • It is nocturnal in nature and found
    exclusively in the Western Ghats.
    • Threats: Deforestation and
    commercial plantations are major
    threats.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Sumatran Rhinoceros
    • The Sumatran Rhinoceros
    (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is
    the smallest and most
    endangered of the five
    rhinoceros species. It is now
    thought to be regionally extinct
    in India, though it once occurred
    in the foothills of the Himalayas
    and north-east India.
    • The Javan Rhinoceros
    (Rhinoceros sondaicus) is also
    believed to be extinct in India
    and only a small number survive
    in Java and Vietnam.
    • Threat: Poaching, loss of habitat.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat
    Kashmir stag/hangul
    • It subspecies of Red Deer which is native to
    India.
    • Habitat: Dense riverine forests, high valleys,
    and mountains of the Kashmir valley and
    northern Chamba in Himachal Pradesh.
    State animal of Jammu and Kashmir.
    • Threat: habitat destruction, over-grazing by
    domestic livestock, and poaching.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Gharials
    • Once thrived in all the major
    river systems of the Indian
    Subcontinent. Today, they are
    extinct in the Indus River, in the
    Brahmaputra of Bhutan and
    Bangladesh, and in the
    Irrawaddy River. Their
    distribution is now limited to
    only 2% of their former range.
    • fish-eating crocodile
    • The gharial is one of three
    crocodilians native to India, the
    other two being the mugger
    crocodile and the saltwater
    crocodile

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    ‘Endangered’ Mammals

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Red Panda
    • Status: Moved from Vulnerable to
    Endangered recently.
    • Red panda is endemic to the temperate
    forests of the Himalayas.
    • Habitat: Sikkim and Assam, northern
    Arunachal Pradesh.
    • Threats: habitat loss and fragmentation,
    poaching, and inbreeding depression.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Wild ass/ khur
    (Equus hemionus
    khur)
    • Distribution: Mostly occurs in Rann
    of Kutch region. Today, its last
    refuge lies in the Indian Wild Ass
    Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch.

    • Threat – Diseases, habitat


    degradation due to salt activities,

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Dhole/ Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog
    • Distribution: They occur in most
    of India south of the Ganges,
    particularly in the Central Indian
    Highlands and the Western and
    Eastern Ghats of the southern
    states.
    • Threats: Habitat loss, depletion
    of its prey base, competition
    from other predators,
    persecution and possibly
    diseases from domestic and
    feral dogs.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Eld's deer/
    thamin or brow-
    antlered deer
    • Distribution: Keibul Lamjao
    National Park (KLNP), Manipur.
    • Threats: Overgrazing, loss of
    grassland habitat.
    • SANGAI

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Golden langur
    (Trachypithecus
    geei)
    • Primate, is an Old World monkey
    • Distribution - small region of
    western Assam and in the
    neighboring foothills of the Black
    Mountains of Bhutan.
    • Threats: Deforestation, human
    encroachments.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Himalayan /
    White-bellied
    Musk Deer
    • Habitat: Kashmir, Kumaon and
    Sikkim.
    • Threat: poaching & illegal trade for
    its musk. Only males produce the
    musk.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Hog deer
    • Habitat: Terai region and
    grasslands in northern India.
    • Threats: Hunting, habitat loss,
    habitat fragmentation, human
    encroachments

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Lion-tailed macaque/ wanderoo (Macaca
    silenus
    • Endemic to the Western Ghats.
    • Habitat: Evergreen forests in the
    Western Ghats range.
    • Threat: Habitat fragmentation
    due to spread of agriculture and
    tea, coffee, teak and cinchona,
    construction of water reservoirs
    and human settlements to
    support such activities.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Chiru / Tibetian
    Antelope
    • Status – Moved from Vulnerable to
    Endangered recently.
    • Habitat : Tibet cold desert.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Oryx

    Not in Red data book. This is shown


    just for comparision with Chiru.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Nilgiri leaf
    monkey
    • Habitat: Hilly areas of Western
    Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Nilgiri tahr
    • Endemic to Western Ghats
    • It is the state animal of Tamil
    Nadu.
    • Threats: Habitat loss, overgrazing,
    illegal hunting.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat


    Freshwater / river dolphin/ Ganges River
    Dolphin
    • Threats: Unintentional killing
    through entanglement in fishing
    gear; habitat loss and
    degradation – water
    development projects (barrages,
    high dams, and embankments),
    pollution – industrial waste and
    pesticides, municipal sewage
    discharge and noise from vessel
    traffic.
    • The Ganges river dolphin has
    been recognized by the
    government of India as its
    National Aquatic Animal.

    Geography by Rushikesh Dudhat

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