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Critically endangered animals

Arthropods

* Rameshwaram parachute spider (''Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica'') * Peacock tarantula (''Poecilotheria metallia'')

Insects

* Pygmy hog-suckin' louse (''Haematopinus oliveri'')

Birds

White-bellied heron The white-bellied heron (''Ardea insignis'') also known as the imperial heron or great white-bellied heron, is a large heron species living in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and Bhutan to northern Myanmar. It inhabits un ...

(''Ardea insignis'') *

Great Indian bustard The great Indian bustard (''Ardeotis nigriceps'') or Indian bustard, is a bustard found on the Indian subcontinent. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of t ...

(''Ardeotis niriceps'') *

Baer's pochard Baer's pochard (''Aythya baeri'') is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It is a resident bird in North and Central China, formerly bred in southeast Russia and Northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. ...

(''Aythya baeri'') *

Spoon-billed sandpiper The spoon-billed sandpiper (''Calidris pygmaea'') is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has dec ...

(''Calidris pygmaea'') * White-rumped vulture (''Gyps bengalensis'') *

Indian vulture The Indian vulture (''Gyps indicus'') is an Old World vulture native to India, Pakistan and Nepal. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2002, as the population severely declined. Indian vultures died of kidney fa ...

(''Gyps indicus'') * Slender-billed vulture (''Gyps tenuirostris'') *

Bengal florican The Bengal florican (''Houbaropsis bengalensis''), also called the Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List because fewer than 1,00 ...

c(''Houbaropsis bengalensis'') *

Bugun liocichla The Bugun liocichla (''Liocichla bugunorum'') is a passerine bird species from the family Leiothrichidae closely related to the Emei Shan liocichla. First spotted in 1995 in Arunachal Pradesh, India, it was described as a new species in 2006. ...

(''Liocichla bugunorum'') *

Himalayan quail The Himalayan quail (''Ophrysia superciliosa'') or mountain quail, is a medium-sized quail belonging to the pheasant family. It was last reported in 1876 and is feared extinct. This species was known from only 2 locations (and 12 specimens) in ...

(''Ophrysia superciliosa'') * Jerdon's courser (''Rhinoptilus bitorquatus'') *

Red-headed vulture The red-headed vulture (''Sarcogyps calvus''), also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture, is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of So ...

(''Sarcogyps calvus'') *

Sociable lapwing The sociable lapwing (''Vanellus gregarius''), historically referred to as the sociable plover, is a wader in the plover family. It is a fully migratory bird, breeding in Kazakhstan and wintering in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Suda ...

(''Vanellus gregarius'') *

Christmas Island frigatebird The Christmas frigatebird (''Fregata andrewsi''), or Christmas Island frigatebird, is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae which is an endemic breeder to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The Christmas frigatebird is a large light ...

(''Fregata andrewsi'') *

Pink-headed duck The pink-headed duck (''Rhodonessa caryophyllacea'') is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. ...

(''Rhodonessa caryophyllacea'') * Yellow-breasted bunting (''Emberiza aureola'') *

Siberian crane The Siberian crane (''Leucogeranus leucogeranus''), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their ...

(''Grus leucogeranus'') * Forest owlet (''Athene blewitti'')

Fish

* Wayanad mahseer (''Barbodes wynaadensis'') * Pondicherry shark (''Carcharhinus hemiodon'') *

Ganges shark The Ganges shark (''Glyphis gangeticus'') is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh and India. It is often confused with the more common bull shark (''Ca ...

(''Glyphis gangeticus'') * ''

Glyptothorax kashmirensis ''Glyptothorax kashmirensis'' is a species of catfish that was described by Sunder Lal Hora in 1923. ''Glyptothorax kashmirensis'' is a species in genus Glyptothorax, family Sisoridae and order Siluriformes. IUCN categorise the species as criti ...

'' * Kudremukh glyptothorax (''Glyptothorax kudremukhensis'') *

Nilgiri mystus Nilgiri, which literally means "Blue Mountain", may refer to: * Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills ranges of South India ** Nilgiri mountains, a range of mountains spanning the states ...

(''Hemibagrus punctatus'' ) * ''

Horalabiosa arunachalami ''Garra arunachalami'' is a species of fish that was described by J.A. Johnson and Soranam (2001). It is included in the genus Garra ''Garra'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the "log suckers", suck ...

'' * ''

Hypselobarbus pulchellus ''Hypselobarbus pulchellus'' is a critically endangered species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Hypselobarbus''. It is currently only recorded in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as K ...

'' *

Red Canarese barb ''Hypselobarbus thomassi'' (the red Canarese barb) is a critically endangered species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Hypselobarbus''. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in Karnataka and Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malab ...

(''Hypselobarbus thomassi'') * ''

Mesonoemacheilus herrei ''Mesonoemacheilus herrei'' is a critically endangered fish described by Teodor T. Nalbant and Banarescu in 1982. It is endemic to India and is currently only recorded within the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in Tamil Nadu ...

'' * Bovany barb (''Neolissochilus bovanicus'') * Deolali minnow (''Parapsilorhynchus prateri'') possibly extinct * Pookode Lake barb (''Pethia pookodensis'') *

Common sawfish The largetooth sawfish (''Pristis pristis'', syn. ''P. microdon'' and ''P. perotteti'') is a species of sawfish, family Pristidae. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater. It has declined dras ...

(''Pristis pristis'') *

Largetooth sawfish The largetooth sawfish (''Pristis pristis'', syn. ''P. microdon'' and ''P. perotteti'') is a species of sawfish, family Pristidae. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater. It has declined dra ...

(''Pristis microdon'') *

Longcomb sawfish The longcomb sawfish, narrowsnout sawfish or green sawfish (''Pristis zijsron'') is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific. It has declined drastically and is now conside ...

(''Pristis zijsron'') * '' Psilorhynchus tenura'' * Deccan barb (''Puntius deccanensis'') * '' Schistura papulifera''

Reptiles and amphibians

* Madras spotted skink (''Barkudia insularis'') *

Northern river terrapin The northern river terrapin (''Batagur baska'') is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia. It is classified Critically Endangered by the IUCN and considered extinct in much of its former range. Description The northern river ter ...

(''Batagur baska'') * Red-crowned roofed turtle (''Batagur kachuga'') * '' Cnemaspis anaikattiensis'' *

Hawksbill sea turtle The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is large ...

(''Eretmochelys imbricata'') *

Gharial The gharial (''Gavialis gangeticus''), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians. Mature females are long, and males . Adult males have a distinct ...

(''Gavialis gangeticus'') * Ghats wart frog (''Fejervarya murthii'') * Jeypore ground gecko (''Geckoella jeyporensis'') * Gundia Indian frog (''Indirana gundia'') * Toad-skinned frog (''Indirana phrynoderma'') * Rao's torrt frog (''Micrixalus kottigeharensis'') * Charles Darwin's frog (''Minervarya charlesdarwini'') * 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

Namdapha flying squirrel The Namdapha flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'') is an arboreal, nocturnal flying squirrel endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, where it is known from a single specimen collected in Namdapha National Park in 1981. No p ...

(''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'') *

Elvira rat The Elvira rat (''Cremnomys elvira'') is a critically endangered species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Sir John Ellerman in 1946. It is found only in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Description The ...

(''Cremnomys elvira'') *

Andaman shrew The Andaman shrew or Andaman white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura andamanensis'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the South Andaman Island South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of ...

(''Crocidura andamanensis'') * Jenkins' shrew (''Crocidura jenkinsi'') *

Nicobar shrew The Nicobar shrew or Nicobar white-tailed shrew (''Crocidura nicobarica'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Great Nicobar Island in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hin ...

(''Crocidura nicobarica'') *

Chinese pangolin The Chinese pangolin (''Manis pentadactyla'') is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the ...

(''Manis pentadactyla'') *

Malabar large-spotted civet The Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina''), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the population is estimated to number ...

(''Viverra civettina'') * Kashmir stag or hangul (''Cervus canadensis hanglu'')

Endangered animals

Fish

Knifetooth sawfish The narrow sawfish (''Anoxypristis cuspidata''), also known as the pointed sawfish or knifetooth sawfish, is a species of sawfish in the family Pristidae, part of the Batoidea, a superorder of cartilaginous fish that include the rays and ska ...

(''Anoxypristis cuspidata'') *

Asian arowana The Asian arowana (''Scleropages formosus'') comprises several phenotypic varieties of freshwater fish distributed geographically across Southeast Asia. While most consider the different varieties to belong to a single species, work by Pouyau ...

(''Scleropages formosus'') *

Red line torpedo barb The Denison barb, Denison's barb, Miss Kerala, red-line torpedo barb, or roseline shark (''Sahyadria denisonii'') is an endangered species of cyprinid fish endemic to the fast-flowing hill streams and rivers of the Western Ghats in India. It i ...

(''Sahyadria denisonii'') * Golden mahaseer (''Tor putitora'') * Deccan labeo (''Labeo potail'')

Birds

Steppe eagle The steppe eagle (''Aquila nipalensis'') is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered legs illustrate it to be a member of the subfamily Aquilinae, also known as the "booted ...

(''Aquila nipalensis'') * Great knot (''Calidris tenuirostris'') *

Masked finfoot The masked finfoot or Asian finfoot (''Heliopais personatus'') is a highly endangered aquatic bird that was formerly distributed throughout the fresh and brackish wetlands of the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia. Lik ...

(''Heliopais personatus'') *

Lesser florican The lesser florican (''Sypheotides indicus''), also known as the likh or ''kharmore'', is the smallest in the bustard family and the only member of the genus ''Sypheotides''. It is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent where it is found in tall gras ...

(''Sypheotides indicus'') * Manipur bush-quail (''Perdicula manipurensis'') * Greater adjutant (''Leptoptilos dubius'') * White-bellied blue robin (''Myiomela albiventris'') * Nilgiri blue robin (''Myiomela major'') *

White-winged duck The white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (''Asarcornis scutulata'') is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus ''Cairina'' with the Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') and allied with the dabbling ducks. However, mtDNA cyto ...

(''Asarcornis scutulata'') *

White-headed duck The white-headed duck (''Oxyura leucocephala'') is a small diving duck some long. The male has a white head with black crown, a blue bill, and reddish-grey plumage. The female has a dark bill and rather duller colouring. Its breeding habitat is ...

(''Oxyura leucocephala'') *

Green peafowl The green peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (''Pavo muticus'') is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009 because the global population has been declining ...

(''Pavo muticus'') *

Narcondam hornbill The Narcondam hornbill (''Rhyticeros narcondami'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in the Andamans. Males and females have a distinct plumage. The Narcondam hornbill has the sm ...

(''Rhyticero'') * Nordmann's greenshank (''Tringa guttifer'') *

Black-bellied tern The black-bellied tern (''Sterna acuticauda'') is a tern found near large rivers in the Indian subcontinent, its range extending from Pakistan, Nepal and India to Myanmar. It has become very scarce in the eastern part of its range and the Intern ...

(''Sterna acuticauda'') * Black-chinned laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron jerdoni'') *

Egyptian vulture The Egyptian vulture (''Neophron percnopterus''), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus ''Neophron''. It is widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and ...

(''Neophron percnopterus'')

Reptiles

* Perrotet's vine snake (''Ahaetulla perroteti'') * Three-striped roofed turtle (''Batagur dhongoka'') *

Green turtle The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exten ...

(''Chelonia mydas'') *

Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (''Chitra indica''), also known as the small-headed softshell turtle or the Indo-Gangetic softshell turtle, is an endangered species of softshell turtle native to waterways and rivers of the Indian subc ...

(''Chitra inkkl; * Goan day gecko (''Cnemaspis goaensis'') * Wyanad day gecko (''Cnemaspis wynadensis'') * Keeled box turtle (''Cuora mouhotii'') * Boulenger's dasia (''Dasia subcaerulea'') * Poona skink (''Eurylepis poonaensis'') * Inger's mabuya (''Eutropis clivicola'') * Yellow-headed tortoise (''Indotestudo elongata'') *

Asian forest tortoise The Asian forest tortoise (''Manouria emys''), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living ...

(''Manouria emys'') * Indian kangaroo lizard (''Otocryptis beddomii'') *

Assam roofed turtle The Assam roofed turtle or Sylhet roofed turtle (''Pangshura sylhetensis'') is a turtle species of the family Geoemydidae found in the Brahmaputra-Meghna drainage in India (Assam) and parts of eastern Bangladesh. It was formerly placed in the g ...

(''Pangshura sylhetensis'') * Cantor's giant softshell turtle (''Pelochelys cantorii'') * Travancore Hills thorntail snake (''Platyplectrurus madurensis'') * Travancore earth snake (''Rhinophis travancoricus'') * Cochin forest cane turtle (''Vijayachelys silvatica'')

Mammals

Red panda The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle ...

(''Ailurus fulgens'') *

Sei whale The sei whale ( , ; ''Balaenoptera borealis'') is a baleen whale, the third-largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale. It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids polar and tropical w ...

(''Balaenoptera borealis'') *

Blue whale The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...

(''Balaenoptera musculus'') *

Fin whale The fin whale (''Balaenoptera physalus''), also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale, is a cetacean belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. It is the second-longest species of ceta ...

(''Balaenoptera physalus'') *

Wild water buffalo The wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee''), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large Bovinae, bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as ''Endangered species, Endangered'' i ...

(''Bubalus arnee'') *

Hispid hare The hispid hare (''Caprolagus hispidus''), also called Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a leporid native to South Asia, whose historic range extended along the southern foothills of the Himalayas. Today, its habitat is highly fragmented with ...

(''Caprolagus hispidus'') *

Dhole The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...

(''Cuon alpinus'') *

Indian elephant The Indian elephant (''Elephas maximus indicus'') is one of four extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild pop ...

(''Elephas maximus indicus'') *

Kolar leaf-nosed bat The Kolar leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros hypophyllus''), or leafletted leaf-nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and caves. It is found i ...

(''Hipposideros hypophyllus'') *

Lion-tailed macaque The lion-tailed macaque (''Macaca silenus''), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. Characteristics Lion-tailed macaques are covered in black fur, and have a striking gray or silver ...

(''Macaca silenus'') *

White-bellied musk deer The white-bellied musk deer or Himalayan musk deer (''Moschus leucogaster'') is a musk deer species occurring in the Himalayas of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and China. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List because of overexploitatio ...

(''Moschus leucogaster'') * Servant mouse (''Mus famulus'') * Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (''Myotis sicarius'') * Nilgiri tahr (''Nilgiritragus hylocrius'') *

Asiatic lion The Asiatic lion is a population of '' Panthera leo leo'' that today survives in the wild only in India. Since the turn of the 20th century, its range has been restricted to Gir National Park and the surrounding areas in the Indian state of Gujar ...

(''Panthera leo persica'') *

Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present i ...

(''Panthera tigris tigris'') *

Ganges river dolphin The Ganges river dolphin (''Platanista gangetica'') is a species of toothed whale classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related rivers of South Asia, namely in the countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It is rel ...

(''Platanista gangetica gangetica'') * Gee's golden langur (''Trachypithecus geei'') *

Nicobar treeshrew The Nicobar treeshrew (''Tupaia nicobarica'') is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands where it inhabits the islands' rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Although previously listed as an endan ...

(''Tupaia nicobarica'') *

Sangai The sangai ( Meitei pronunciation: /sə.ŋai/) is an endemic and endangered subspecies of Eld's deer found only in Manipur, India. It is also the state animal of Manipur. Its common English name is Manipur brow-antlered deer or Eld's deer and the ...

(''Rucervus eldii eldii'')

Vulnerable animals

Listed by the IUCN :

Mammals

* Brown bear (Ursus arctos) *

Gaur The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 m ...

(''Bos gaurus'') *

Four-horned antelope The four-horned antelope (''Tetracerus quadricornis''), or ''chousingha'', is a small antelope found in India and Nepal. Its four horns distinguish it from most other bovids, which have two horns (with a few exceptions, such as the Jacob sheep) ...

or chousingha (''Tetracerus quadricornis'') *

Oriental small-clawed otter The Asian small-clawed otter (''Aonyx cinereus''), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its web ...

(''Aonyx cinerea'') * White-chested bear (''Ursus thibetanus'') *

Yak The domestic yak (''Bos grunniens''), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox or hairy cattle, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Kachin S ...

(''Bos grunhniens'') *

Takin The takin (''Budorcas taxicolor''; ), also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, is a large species of ungulate of the subfamily Caprinae found in the eastern Himalayas. It includes four subspecies: the Mishmi takin (''B. t. taxicolor''), the g ...

(''Budorcas taxicolor'') *

Barasingha The barasingha (''Rucervus duvaucelii''), also known as the swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. ...

(''Rucervus duvaucelii'') *

Clouded leopard The clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa''), also called the mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into South China. In the early 19th century, a ...

(''Neofelis nebulosa'') *

Dugong The dugong (; ''Dugong dugon'') is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest m ...

(''Dugong dugon'') *

Sun bear The sun bear (''Helarctos malayanus'') is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus ''Helarctos'') occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is the smallest bear, standing nearly at the shoulder and weighing ...

(''Helarctos malayanus'') *

Stump-tailed macaque The stump-tailed macaque (''Macaca arctoides''), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, it occurs south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range ...

(''Macaca arctoides'') *

Marbled cat The marbled cat (''Pardofelis marmorata'') is a small wild cat native from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia, where it inhabits forests up to an elevation of . As it is present in a large range, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the ...

(''Pardofelis marmorata'') *

Sperm whale The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the sperm whale famil ...

(''Physeter macrocephalus'') *

Rusty-spotted cat The rusty-spotted cat (''Prionailurus rubiginosus'') is one of the cat family's smallest members, of which historical records are known only from India and Sri Lanka. In 2012, it was also recorded in the western Terai of Nepal. Since 2016, the g ...

(''Prionailurus rubiginosus'') *

Indian rhinoceros } The Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis''), also called the Indian rhino, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red Li ...

(''Rhinoceros unicornis'') *

Snow leopard The snow leopard (''Panthera uncia''), also known as the ounce, is a felid in the genus '' Panthera'' native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is es ...

(''Uncia uncia'') * Nilgiri marten (''Martes gwatkinsii'') *

Sloth Bear The sloth bear (''Melursus ursinus'') is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation ...

(''Melursus ursinus'')

Birds

* Sarus crane (''Antigone antigone'') *

Nicobar megapode The Nicobar megapode or Nicobar scrubfowl (''Megapodius nicobariensis'') is a megapode found in some of the Nicobar Islands (India). Like other megapode relatives, it builds a large mound nest with soil and vegetation, with the eggs hatched by th ...

(''Megapodius nicobariensis'') *

Dalmatian pelican The Dalmatian pelican (''Pelecanus crispus'') is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans. They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspa ...

(''Pelecanus crispus'')

Reptiles and amphibians

Olive ridley sea turtle The olive ridley sea turtle (''Lepidochelys olivacea''), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in ...

(''Lepidochelys olivacea'')

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