Threatened Animals of India
pp 1 - 307 | October 1983
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Foreword
—- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Why conserve wildlife
- Steps taken towards conservation
- Work done in India on threatened species
- Project Tiger
- Gir Lion Sanctuary Project
- Crocodile Breeding Project
- Project Hangul
- Himalayan Musk Deer Project
- Manipur Browantlered Deer Project
- Lesser cat Project
- Contributions by the Zoological Survey of India
- Population Census of Rhesus Macaque and Hanuman Langur of India
- Eco-ethological Studies and Population Estimates of Cercopithecid Primates of Peninsular India
- Study on the Population Ecology of the most Endandegered Species of Mammals and Birds in the Arid Zone of India
- Rare Species of Animals, their Categories and Definitions
Mammals
- Primates
- Slender Loris 1. Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus)
- Slow Loris 2. Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert)
- Liontailed Macaque 3. Macaca silenus (Linnaeus)
- Pigtailed Macaque 4. Macaca nemestrina leonina Blyth
- Crabeating Macaque 5. Macaca fascicularis (Raffles)
- Stumptailed Macaque 6. Macaca arctoides I. Geoffroy
- Nilgiri Langur 7. Presbytis johni (Fischer)
- Capped Langur 8. Presbytis pileatus (Blyth)
- Golden Langur 9. Presbytis geei Khajuria
- Phayre's Leaf Monkey 10. Presbytis phayrei Blyth
- Hoolock Gibbon 11. Hylobates hoolock (Harlan)
- Pholidota
- Carnivora
- Wolf 14. Canis lupus Linnaeus
- Jackal 15. Canis aureus Linnaeus
- Red Fox 16. Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus)
- Indian Fox 17. Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw)
- Indian Wild Dog 18. Cuon alpinus (Pallas)
- Brown Bear 19. Ursus arctos isabellinus Horsfield
- Malayan Sun Bear 20. Helarctos malayanus (Raffles)
- Sloth Bear 21. Melursus ursinus (Shaw)
- Red Panda 22. Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier
- Ermine or Stoat 23. Mustela erminea Linnaeus
- Ratel or Honey Badger 24. Mellivora capensis (Schreber)
- Hog-Badger 25. Arctonyx collaris F. Cuvier
- Malabar Civer 26. Viverra megaspila Blyth
- Spotted Linsang 27. Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson
- Binturong 28. Arctictis binturong (Raffles)
- Crabeating Mongoose 29. Herpestes urva (Hodgson)
- Striped Hyena 30. Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus)
- Jungle Cat 31. Felis chaus Güldenstaedt
- Indian Desert Cat 32. Felis silvestris ornata Gray
- Pallas's Cat 33. Felis manul Pallas
- Golden Cat 34. Felis temmincki Vigors & Horsfield
- Leopard Cat 35. Felis bengalensis Kerr
- Rustyspotted Cat 36. Felis rubiginosa Geoffroy
- Fishing Cat 37. Felis viverrina Bennett
- Marbled Cat 38. Felis marmorata charltoni Gray
- Lynx 39. Felis lynx isabellina Blyth
- Caracal 40. Felis caracal schmitzi Matschie
- Clouded Leopard 41. Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith)
- Leopard or Panther 42. Panthera pardus (Linnaeus)
- Tiger 43. Panthera tigris (Linnaeus)
- Asiatic Lion 44. Panthera leo persica (Meyer)
- Snow Leopard 45. Panthera uncia (Schreber)
- Cheetah 46. Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (Griffith)
- Perissodactyla
- Artiodactyla
- Andaman Wild Pig 51. Sus scrofa andamanensis Blyth
- Pygmy Hog 52. Sus salvanius (Hodgson)
- Mouse Deer 53. Tragulus meminna (Erxleben)
- Musk Deer 54. Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus
- Swamp Deer 55. Cervus duvauceli G. Cuvier
- Manipur Thamin 56. Cervus eldi eldi M'Clelland
- Hangul 57. Cervus elaphus hanglu Wagner
- Fourhorned Antelope 58. Tetracerus quadricornis (Blainville)
- Gaur 59. Bos gaurus H. Smith
- Yak 60. Bos mutus (Przewalski)
- Wild Buffalo 61. Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus)
- Blackbuck 62. Antilope cervicapra (Linnaeus)
- Tibetan Antelope or Chiru 63. Pantholops hodgsoni (Abel)
- Chinkara 64. Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus)
- Tibetan Gazelle 65. Procapra picticaudata Hodgson
- Takin 66. Bodorcas taxicolor Hodgson
- Goral 67. Nemorhaedus goral (Hardwicke)
- Himalayan Tahr 68. Hemitragus jemlahicus (H. Smith)
- Nilgiri Tahr 69. Hemitragus hylocrius (Ogilby)
- Ibex 70. Capra ibex Linnaeus
- Markhor 71. Capra falconeri (Wagner)
- Nayan 72. Ovis ammon hodgsoni Blyth
- Urial 73. Ovis orientalis Gmelin
- Lagomorpha
- Rodentia
- Cetacea
- Sirenia
- Birds
- Ciconiiformes
- Anseriformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Nicobar Megapode 91. Megapodius freycinet Gaimard
- Pheasant-Grouse 92. Tetraophasis szechenyii Madarasz
- Assam Bamboo Partridge 93. Bambusicola fytchii hopkinsoni Godwin-Austen
- Mountain Quail 94. Ophrysia superciliosa (J. E. Gray)
- Blood Pheasant 95. Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke)
- Western Tragopan 96. Tragopan melanocephalus (J. E. Gray)
- Satyr Tragopan 97. Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus)
- Blyth's Tragopan 98. Tragopan blythii (Jerdon)
- Temminck's Tragopan 99. Tragopan temminckii (J. E. Gray)
- Himalayan Monal Pheasant 100. Lophophorus impejanus (Latham)
- Sclater's Monal Pheasant 101. Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon
- Elwes's Eared Pheasant 102. Crossoptilon crossoptilon harmani Elwes
- Koklass Pheasant 103. Pucrasia macrolopha (Lesson)
- Cheer Pheasant 104. Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke)
- Hume's Bartailed Pheasant 105. Syrmaticus humiae humiae (Hume)
- Peacock-Pheasant 106. Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus)
- Indian Peafowl 107. Pavo cristatus Linnaeus
- Gruiformes
- Blacknecked Crane 108. Grus nigricollis Przevalski
- Hooded Crane 109. Grus monacha Temminck
- Siberian Crane 110. Grus leucogeranus Pallas
- Masked Finfoot 111. Heliopais personata (G. R. Gray)
- Great Indian Bustard 112. Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors)
- Bengal Florican 113. Eupodotis bengalensis bengalensis (Gmelin)
- Lesser Florican 114. Sypheotides indica (J. F. Miller)
- Charadriiformes
- Columbiformes
- Strigiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Assam Brownbacked Hornbill 122. Ptilolaemus tickelli austeni (Jerdon)
- Rufousnecked Hornbill 123. Aceros nipalensis (Hodgson)
- Assam Wreathed Hornbill 124. Rhyticeros undulatus ticehursti Deignan
- Narcondam Hornbill 125. Rhyticeros (plicatus) narcondami (Hume)
- Indian Pied Hornbill 126. Anthracoceros malabaricus malabaricus Gmelin
- Malabar Pied Hornbill 127. Anthracoceros coronatus coronatus (Boddaert)
- Great Pied Hornbill 128. Buceros bicornis homrai Hodgson
- Reptiles
- Testudines
- Crocodylia
- Squamata
- Water Monitor 137. Varanus salvator (Laurenti)
- Common Indian Monitor 138. Varanus bengalensis (Daudin)
- Yellow Monitor 139. Varanus flavescens (Gray)
- Indian Desert Monitor 140. Varanus griseus (Daudin)
- Indian Rock Python 141. Python molurus (Linnaeus)
- Reticulated Python 142. Python reticulatus (Schneider)
- Indian Eggeating Snake 143. Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt
- Amphibians
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- I Indian Board for Wild Life (IBWL)
- II Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act and its Schedules
- III IUCN/WWF/WWF-India/FAO and UNDP
- IV International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP)
- V Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- VI Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks