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]

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Arachnids (2)

Birds (19)

Cnidaria (1)

Fish (44)

Insects (2)

Mammals (11)

Reptiles and amphibians (59)

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

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