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Threatened Animals of India Introduction Nowadays More And Threatened Animals of India Introduction Nowadays more and more people are becoming closely acquainted by the term ‘Wildlife’ and also about the necessity of conserving those wilderness. For effective conservation of wildlife three basic needs are necessary i.e. adequate food and water, place of refuge and place to breed in safety. But in reality as the man become more and more civilized, his needs gradually increased. With the help of modern technology, he starts to tap various resources of ecosystem carelessly without having the faintest of idea and to it’s consequences. The anthropogenic effects causes the direct disturbances to our natural ecosystems. The imbalances in nature creats problems for survival of wildlife. It is well known that several species of wild animals have attractive overseas market. Animals have been poached for it’s skin and other body parts for decoration, showing of wealthiness, ornamentation, manufacture of goods for fashionable sections of the society all over the world. But it is not over yet,the organizations like Zoological Survey of India(ZSI), Botanical Survey of India(BSI), Wildlife Institute of India(WII), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources (IUCN) etc are working hard along with several non govt. NGOs for purpose of safeguarding conservation. In the following, we try to innumerate the status of threatened mammalian species from the sources like IUCN, IWPA, CITES which also includes endemic mammals of India. Class: Mammalia SL. NAME COMMON SCIENTIFIC IUCN IUCN POPULATION IWPA IWPA Version CITES ENDEMISM Endemic location NO NAME(IUCN) NAME Status Version TREND (IUCN) STATUS 1 Namdapha Namdapha Biswamoyopterus Critically 2013.1 Decreasing SchII;Part 2012 Endemic Namdapha,Tirap Flying Flying Squirrel biswasi Endangered II district, Arunachal Squirrel Pradesh 2 Large Rock Large Rock Rat Cremnomys Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Sch v 2012 Endemic Salam Rat elvira Endangered District,Eastern Ghats,Tamil Nadu 3 Andaman White Crocidura Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic South Andaman -toothed Shrew andamanensis Endangered Islands 4 Jenkin's Shrew Crocidura Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic South Andaman jenkinsi Endangered Islands 5 Sumatran Dicerorhinus Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Rhinoceros sumatrensis Endangered Appendix I 6 Nicobar Shrew Crocidura Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic Nicobar Islands nicobarica Endangered 7 Large Metad Kondana Rat Millardia Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Sch V 2012 Endemic Singhgahr Plateau, kondana Endangered Pune, Maharastra 8 Pygmy Hog Pygmy Hog Sus Critically 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 salvanius/Porcula Endangered salvania Appendix I 9 Javan Rhinoceros Critically 2013.1 Unknown Rhinoceros sondaicus Endangered Appendix I 10 Malabar Civet Malabar Civet Viverra Critically 2013.1 Unknown Sch1;Part1 2012 Endemic Western Ghats from megaspila/Viverr Endangered Honnavar in a civettina Karnataka to Kannya Kumari in Appendix III Tamil Nadu 11 Hog Deer Hog Deer Axis porcinus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch III 2012 Appendix I 12 Blue Whale Blue Whale Balaenoptera Endangered 2013.1 Increasing Sch1;Part1 2012 musculus Appendix I 13 Banteng Bos javanicus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing 14 Markhor Markhor Capra falconeri Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I 15 Hispid Hare Hispid Hare Caprolagus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 hispidus Appendix I 16 Wild Dog or Dhole Cuon alpinus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing SchII;Part I 2012 Dhole Appendix II 17 Indian Asian Elephant Elephas maximus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Elephant Appendix I 18 Indian Wild Asiatic Wild Equus hemionus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Ass Ass khur/Equus hemionus Appendix I 19 Kelaart's Long Feroculus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Clawed Shrew feroculus 20 Hume's Hume's Rat Hadromys humei Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch V 2012 Manipur Bush Rat or Hume's Rat 21 Durga Das's Hipposideros Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic Katanga and Leaf nosed Bat durgadasi Richhai in Jabalpur district,Madhya Pradesh 22 Leafletted Leaf Hipposideros Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic Kolar district in nosed Bat hypophyllus Karnataka 23 Hoolock Western Hylobates Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Hoolock hoolock/Hoolock Gibbon hoolock Appendix I 24 Salim Ali's Salim Ali's Fruit Latidens salimalii Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Endemic Normally found in Fruit Bat Bat Meghamalai Range and Kalakkad- Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu. 25 Arunachal Macaca munzala Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Appendix II Endemic Western Arunachal Macaque Pradesh 26 Lion-tailed Lion-tailed Macaca silenus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I Endemic Karnataka, Kerala Macaque Macaque and Tamil Nadu between latitudes 9°30’N and 15°N ). Maximum concentration has been observed at Kudremukh, Brahmagiri Mukambika, Talakaveri, Pushpagiri, Someshwara Sharavathi, Nilgiri Hills, Anamalai Hills, Cardamon Hills and Periyar Lake. 27 Chinese Manis Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Pangolin pentadactyla Appendix II 28 Alpine Musk Moschus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Deer chrysogaster Appendix I 29 Kashmir Musk Moschus cupreus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Deer Appendix I 30 Black Musk Moschus fuscus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Deer Appendix I 31 Himalayan Moschus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Musk Deer leucogaster Appendix I 32 Bonhote's Bonhote's Mus famulus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch V 2012 Endemic Around 1500m Mouse Mouse elevations in Nilgiri, Anaimalai and Palni Hills in South India 33 Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiri Tahr Hemitragus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Endemic Kerala and Tamil hylocrius/Nilgiritr Nadu from Nilgiri agus hylocrinus Hills in the north to Ashambu hills in the South (11°30’N to 8°20’N) 34 Tiger Tiger Panthera tigris Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I 35 Snow Leopard Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I 36 Tibetan Chiru Panthelops Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Antelope or hodgsoni/Panthol Chiru ops hodgsonii Appendix I 37 Gangetic Ganges River Platanista Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Dolphin Dolphin gangetica Appendix I 38 Fishing Cat Fishing Cat Felis Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 viverrina/Prionail urus viverrinus Appendix II 39 Miller's Miller's Nicobar Rattus burrus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch V 2012 Endemic Islands of Trinket, Nicobar Rat Rat Little Nicobar and Great Nicobar 40 Ranjini's Field Ranjini's Field Rattus ranjiniae Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch V 2012 Endemic Kerala Rat Rat 41 Andaman Rhinolophus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Endemic Andaman Islands Horseshoe Bat cognatus 42 Brow-antlered Eld's Deer Cervus eldi Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 deer or /Rucervus eldii Appendix I Thamin 43 Kashmir Gray Semnopithecus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Langur ajax Appendix I 44 Day's Shrew Suncus dayi Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing 45 Golden Gee's Golden Presbytis Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Langur Langur geei/Trachypithec us geei Appendix I 46 Leaf Monkey Phayre's Leaf Presbytis Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Monkey phayrei/Trachypit hecus phayrei Appendix II 47 Nicobar Tree Tupaia Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Appendix II Endemic Great Nicobar and Shrew nicobarica Little Nicobar Islands 48 Vandeleuria Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing nilagirica Fin Whale Fin Whale Balaenoptera Endangered 2013.1 Unknown Sch1;Part1 2012 physalus Appendix I 49 Wild Buffalo Indian Water Bubalus Endangered 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Buffalo bubalis/Bubalus arnee Appendix III 50 Cheetah Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I 51 Lesser or Red Red Panda Ailurus fulgens Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Panda Appendix I 52 Mountain Central Kashmir Alticola montosa Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch IV 2012 Vole Vole 53 Clawless Otter Asian Small Aonyx cinerea Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 clawed Otter Appendix II 54 Binturong Binturong Arctictis Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 binturong Appendix III 55 Gaur or Indian Gaur Bos gaurus Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 bison Appendix I 56 Wild Yak Wild Yak Bos Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing grunniens/Bos mutus Appendix I 57 Takin or Takin Budorcas Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix II Mishmi Takin taxicolor 58 Andaman Spiny Crocidura Vulnerable 2013.1 Unknown Endemic Middle Andaman Shrew hispida Islands 59 Dugong Dugong Dugong dugon Vulnerable 2013.1 Unknown Sch1;Part1 2012 Appendix I 60 Dusky-stripped Funambulus Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Squirrel sublineatus 61 Malay or Sun Sun Bear Helarctos Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch1;Part1 2012 Bear malayanus Appendix I 62 Indian Brown Herpestes fuscus Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Mongoose Appendix III 63 Smooth Smooth Coated Lutrogale Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing SchII; Part 2012 Coated Otter Otter perspicillata II Appendix II 64 Stump-tailed Stumped tailed Macaca Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing SchII;Part I 2012 Macaque Macaque speciosa/Macaca arctoides Appendix II 65 Pig-tailed Northern Pig Macaca Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing SchII;Part I 2012 Macaque tailed Macaque nemestrina/Maca ca leonina Appendix II 66 Nilgiri Marten Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii Vulnerable 2013.1 Decreasing Sch II; Part 2012 Appendix III Endemic Western
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