Endangered Species
- River dolphin is a critically endangered species in India and therefore, has been included in the Schedule I for the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Lion tailed Macaque : The lion-tailed macaque, or the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.And is now removed from World's 25 most endangered species.
- Western Hoolock : The western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) is a primate from the Hylobatidae (gibbon) family. The species is found in Assam,Bangladesh and in Myanmar west of the Chindwin River.And is now removed from World's 25 most endangered species.
- The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has strongly recommended that sea cucumber, a marine organism found in the coral reef areas, be retained in Schedule I Category of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 on Feb 2013. Schedule I contains the list of most endangered species and gives them highest level of protection.
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has put vultures on its list of ‘critically endangered’ species.
- Long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus), also known as the Indian vulture (44,000)
- Why Vulture numbers were fast declining in India?
- Diclofenac , a painkilling drug administered to cattle, is the main cause of mass extinction of vultures.
- Vultures, which have a digestive system robust enough to even digest disease-causing pathogens found in rotting meat of dead, do not have a critical enzyme that breaks down diclofenac and die of renal failure after eating carcasses of cattle administered the drug.
- Vultures feeding on cattle either die from acute kidney failure within a few days or lose their ability to reproduce.
- Endangered species are the King cobra, Indian crocodile (mugger), South
Andaman krait and four kinds of turtles namely, Red-crowned Roofed
Turtle, Bengal Roof Turtle, Jaggedshelled turtle and Hawksbill turtle.
These species were identified to be extinct forever.
- Manipur-brow antlered deer(Sangai) or dancing deer : Endangered species
