Endangered mammals of India

In India there are 410 species, 186 genera, 45 families and 13 orders 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)
• Indian wild ass or Khur (Equus hemionus khur)
• Asiatic wild dog / Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
• Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus)
• Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
• 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 (Lutralutra)
• Wildcat (Felis lybica ornata)
• Dugong / Seacow (Dugong dugon)
• Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
• Gaur (Bos gaurus)
• Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei)
• Goral (Nemorhaedus goral)
• Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
• Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes)
• Himalayan w-toothed shrew (Crocidura attenuate)
• 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 indicus)
• Jackal (Canis aureus)
• Kashmir stag / Hangul (Cervus affinis hanglu)
• Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)
• Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens)
• Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
• Malabar civet (Viverra civettina)
• Marbled cat
• Nilgiri langur (Presbytis johni)
• Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsi)
• Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius)
• Phayre's langur (Trachypithecus phayrei)
• Pygmy hog (Sus salvanius)
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes montana)
• Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosa)
• Serow (Nemorhaedus sumatraensis)
• Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus 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 kiang)

See also

• List of endangered animals in India
• Fauna of India
• Mammals of India

References

• Endangered Mammal List Accessed on October 2004

Threatened species by region
By region	Blue-listed Environmental Vulnerability Index Regional Red List
Australasia	Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ROTAP Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 Threatened ecological community Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989
Canada	Species at Risk Act Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
Europe	European Endangered Species Programme Funds for Endangered Parrots
South Africa	Endangered Wildlife Trust
United States	Distinct population segment Endangered Species Act Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978 Endangered species recovery plan Endangered Wolf Center National Wildlife Refuge NatureServe conservation status The Nature Conservancy
Lists	Asia List of endangered and protected species of China Endangered mammals of India List of endangered animals in India List of endangered species in Pakistan List of threatened species of the Philippines List of endangered species in Vietnam Europe Threatened mammals of Europe Endangered plants of Europe List of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species List of extinct and endangered species of Italy List of extinct and endangered species of Lithuania North America List of endangered plants in North America List of endangered species in North America Endangered mammals and birds of the United States List of threatened mammals of the United States List of threatened birds of the United States List of threatened reptiles and amphibians of the United States Elsewhere Threatened fauna of Australia List of threatened flora of Australia Official list of endangered flora of Brazil List of threatened mammals of Brazil List of threatened birds of Brazil

Threatened species
Template: Threatened species by region
IUCN Red List	Categories1 Extinct Extinct (EX) Extinct in the Wild (EW) Threatened Critically Endangered (CR) Endangered (EN) Vulnerable (VU) Lower risk Near Threatened (NT) Least Concern (LC) Lower Risk (LR) Conservation Dependent (LR/cd) Not fully assessed Data Deficient (DD) Not Evaluated (NE) Species Lists Extinct Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened Least Concern Data Deficient WP categories Extinct Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened Least Concern Data Deficient
By taxa	Endangered arthropods / spiders Threatened Banksia / rays / sharks / sturgeons The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates The world's 100 most threatened species
Conservation	Biodiversity action plan Biodiversity threats Conservation biology CITES ARKive Bird conservation Conservation status Conservation-reliant species Ecoregion conservation status Habitat destruction Latent extinction risk Rare species Vulnerability and susceptibility
1 Pre-2001 categories and subcategories shown in italics.