Endangered species in India Presented by Nirangkush Kallol Parashar , Dhyan Param Das, Sudeepta Sarma and Bhavya Poddar
Endangered Animals in India Endangered animal species in India include the Royal Bengal Tiger, One-Horned Rhinoceros, Nilgiri Tahr , Asiatic Lion, Black Buck, Lion Tailed Macaque and Snow Leopard.
Royal Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger is a Panthera tigris tigris population in the Indian subcontinent.It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and was estimated at comprising fewer than 2,500 individuals by 2011. By 2014, the population had reputedly increased to an estimated 2,226 individuals It is threatened by poaching, loss, and fragmentation of habitat. Did You Know? Madhya Pradesh is called the Tiger State of India. Their habitat is varied: grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub forests, wet and dry deciduous forests and mangroves.
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One-Horned Rhinoceros The Indian rhinoceros, also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km² Moreover, the extent and quality of the rhino's most important habitat, alluvial grassland and riverine forest, is considered to be in decline due to human and livestock encroachment As of 2008, a total of 2,575 mature individuals were estimated to live in the wild Poaching for rhinoceros horn became the single most important reason for the decline of the Indian rhino after conservation measures were put in place from the beginning of the 20th century, when legal hunting ended.
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