Endangered Mammals of India

Endangered Mammals of India

In India there are 410 species of mammals (8.86% of the world's mammals), which are spread over 186 genera, 45 families and 13 orders out of which nearly 89 species are listed as threatened in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN 2006). This includes two species that are locally extinct from India viz. "Acinonyx jubatus" and "Rhinoceros sondaicus".

The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which in females produce milk for the nourishment of young; the presence of hair or fur; specialized teeth; the presence of a neocortex region in the brain; and endothermic or "warm-blooded" bodies. The brain regulates endothermic and circulatory system, including a four-chambered heart. Mammals encompass some 5,500 species (including Humans), distributed in about 1,200 genera, 152 families and up to 46 orders, though this varies with the classification scheme.

Endangered Mammals

*Asiatic Golden Cat ("Felis temmincki")
*Asiatic Lion ("Panthera leo persica")
*Asiatic Cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus venaticus") thought to be Extinct now in India
*Indian Wild Ass or Khur ("Equus hemionus khur")
*Asiatic Wild Dog/ Dhole ("Cuon alpinus")
*Asiatic Black Bear ("Selenarctos thibetanus")
*Banteng ("Bos javanicus")
*Bengal Fox ("Vulpes bengalensis")
*Brow-antlered Deer ("Cervus eldi eldi")
*Brown Bear ("Ursus arctos")
*Jerdon's Palm Civet ("Paradoxurus jerdoni")
*Clawless Otter ("Amblonyx cinereus")
*Clouded Leopard ("Neofelis nebulosa")
*Common Otter ("Lutra lutra")
*Desert Cat ("Felis libyca ornate")
*Dugong/ Seacow ("Dugong dugon")
*Ganges River Dolphin ("Platanista gangetica")
*Gaur ("Bos gaurus")
*Golden Langur ("Trachypithecus geei")
*Goral ("Nemorhaedus goral")
*Indian Rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros unicornis")
*Grey Wolf/ Indian Wolf ("Canis lupus")
*Himalayan W-toothed Shrew ("Crocidura attenuate") Fact|date=February 2007
*Himalayan Marten ("Martes flavigula")
*Himalayan Musk Deer ("Moschus chrysogaster")
*Sikkim large-clawed Shrew ("Soriculus nigrescens")
*Hispid Hare ("Caprolagus hispidus")
*Hoolock Gibbon ("Hylobates hoolock")
*Indian Elephant ("Elephas maximus")
*Indian Wild Ass ("Equus hemionus khur")
*Jackal ("Canis aureus")
*Kashmir Stag/ Hangul ("Cervus affinis hanglu")
*Leopard ("Panthera pardus")
*Lesser Panda ("Ailurus fulgens")
*Lion-tailed Macaque ("Macaca silenus")
*Malabar Civet ("Viverra civettina")
*Marbled Cat ("Felis marmorata")
*Markhor ("Capra falconeri")
*Nayan ("Ovis ammon hodgsoni")
*Nilgiri Langur ("Presbytis johni")
*Nilgiri Marten ("Martes gwatkinsi")
*Nilgiri Tahr ("Hemitragus hylocrius")
*Phayre's Langur ("Trachypithecus phayrei") Fact|date=February 2007
*Pygmy Hog ("Sus salvanius")
*Red Fox ("Vulpes vulpes montana")
*Rusty-spotted Cat ("Prionailurus rubiginosa")
*Serow ("Nemorhaedus sumatraensis")
*Sloth Bear ("Melursus ursinus ")
*Smooth Indian Otter ("Lutrogale perspicillata")
*Snow Leopard ("Uncia uncia")
*Stump-tailed Macaque ("Macaca arctoides")
*Swamp Deer/ Barasingha ("Cervus duvauceli duvauceli")
*Takin ("Budorcas taxicolor")
*Tibetan Wild Ass ("Equus hemionus kiang")
*Tiger ("Panthera tigris")

ee also

* Fauna of India
* Mammals of India

References

* [http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/mammals.htm Endangered Mammal List] Accessed on October 5, 2006


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