To Be No More?

India’s Critically Endangered Animals

 Jenkin’s Shrew
This species is threatened by
habitat loss due to selective logging,
general anthropogenic activities and
natural disasters such as the
tsunami event of December 2004
(Molur et al. 2005).

Native of Andaman Islands

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 Malabar Large Spotted Civet
•In 1999, fewer than 250 found in
the wild.
•Losing its habitat due to massive
deforestation.
• Captured to extract musk used
in making perfumes.

MALABAR COAST

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 Himalayan Wolf

Less than 350 found in the wild.

Killed by local farmers and
ranchers

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 Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Losing its habitat due to
deforestation. The area of
inhabitation is less than 100
sq.km.

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 Pygmy Hog
Loss and degradation of habitat
due to human settlements,
agricultural encroachments, dry-
season burning, livestock
grazing, commercial forestry and
flood control schemes.

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 Salim Ali’s Fruit Bat
Under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act all
species of fruit bat are classified as pests and it
is therefore legal to persecute them outside of
protected reserve. Fruit bats are perceived as
pests simply because they visit orchards,
although they actually tend to feed on over-ripe
fruit and do not pose a threat

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 Sumatran Rhinoceros
Total population: 250. There are over 20 animals in
captivity, mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia, with a
few in the United States. Hunting is primarily driven
by the demand for the supposedly medicinal
properties of rhino horns and other body part. The
species is now so reduced that there are very small
numbers in each locality where it still survives. As a
result, successful births are uncommon in many
populations, and there is a severe risk of
inbreeding depression

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 Wroughton’s Free Tailed Bat
Population about 210. The species is threatened from
tourism, human interference and collections for
scientific purposes. The habitat close to the Barapede
cave is threatened from submergence due to a
proposed dam and from ongoing mining activities
(Molur et al. 2002). The spread of alien plants species
Prosopis sp. at the cave mouth is a visible hindrance
to bat activities (M.S. Pradhan pers. comm. February
2003). Threats to the species at the two recently
discovered new localities are not known.

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 Acknowledgement
• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/
• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account
s/classification/
• http://animals.mongabay.com/iucn/WXYZ/Wroughto
n%27s_Free-Tailed_Bat.html
• http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_
info.php?id=20

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