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List of endangered animals in India

List of endangered animals in India

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India's Red List of 2018 was released at the Rio+20 Earth Summit.[1][2] Since then, new animals have been added yearly. While previously this list contained 132 species of plants and animals in 2018, as of the 2023-1 update from the IUCN Red List, over 950 species of animals (and over 600 species of plants) are listed as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable.[3][4]

Arachnids (2)

Birds (18)

Cnidaria (1)

Fish (44)

Insects (2)

Mammals (12)

Reptiles and amphibians (43)

Endangered animals

Listed by the IUCN as of the 2023-1 update.[4]

Arachnids (4)

Birds (20)

Cnidaria (4)

Crustacean (2)

Echinoderm (4)

Fish (from 2018 - 135 as of 2023)

Insects (4)

Mammals (55)

Mollusk (3)

Reptiles and amphibians (from 2018 - 122 as of 2023)

Vulnerable animals

Listed by the IUCN As of 2012.[5] As of the 2023-1 update, there are 481 animals listed as vulnerable.[4]

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles and amphibians

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "News". Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. [2]
    Matthew Knight (19 June 2012). "Extinction threat 'a call to world leaders' at Rio Earth Summit". CNN. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    Red list has 132 species of plants, animals from India
  4. [4]
    IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on 23 January 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Endangered Mammal List". Wildlife Institute of India (WII). Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
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