Endangered Species of India

THE ENDANGERED SpeciES OF INDIA

India has 410 species of mammals and about 15,000 species of plants, out of these 132 are endangered species. Below are the Endangered Animals and Birds of India

Very Critically endangered in India

Arthropoda

Rameshwaram parachute spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
Peacock tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)

Birds

White-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)
Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
Forest owlet (Athene blewitti)
Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)
Slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)
Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
Bugun liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum)

Fish

Wayanad mahseer (Barbodes wynaadensis)
Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
Glyptothorax kashmirensis (Glyptothorax kashmirensis)
Kudremukh glyptothorax (Glyptothorax kudremukhensis)
Nilgiri Mystus (Hemibagrus punctatus)
Horalabiosa arunachalami (Horalabiosa arunachalami)
Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Hypselobarbus pulchellus)
Red Canarese barb (Hypselobarbus thomassi)
Deccan labeo (Labeo potail)
Mesonoemacheilus herrei (Mesonoemacheilus herrei)
Bovany barb (Neolissochilus bovanicus)
Deolali minnow (Parapsilorhynchus prateri)
Pookode Lake barb (Pethia pookodensis)
Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
Largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
Psilorhynchus tenura (Psilorhynchus tenura)
Deccan barb (Puntius deccanensis)
Humpback mahseer
Schistura papulifera (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(Cnemaspis anaikattiensis)
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

Asiatic cheetah: Extinct form India (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
Sangai
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)
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros: Extinct from India (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis)
Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana)
Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
Indian Javan rhinoceros: Extinct from India (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis)
Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)