5 Endangered Species Of Wild Animals Found In India

Endangered and Endemic species of wild animals found only in India are Asiatic Lion in Gir Forest National Park,Sangai deer at Keibul Lamjao National Park, Nilgiri Tahr and Lion Tailed Macaque at Western Ghats of India.

Native wild animals of Indian subcontinent are great Indian rhinoceros,Critically Endangered Gharial, hoolock gibbon,Ganga River Dolphin, Chinkara,Blackbuck, Saara hardwickii,Indian star tortoise, Indian bison,Assam roofed turtle and Mugger crocodile.

* Asiatic Lion, Gir Forest

Asiatic Lion also known as the Indian lions are listed as endangered and only found in and around Gir Forest National Park of Gujarat. Gujarat Lion is one of five big cats inhabit India others being the Bengal Tiger and Indian Leopards.

* Sangai Deer, Loktak Lake

Sangai also called as brow antlered deer is endemic and endangered species of deer, found only in Keibul Lamjao National Park of Manipur. The Keibul Lamjao park is a marshy wetland located at the south parts of the Loktak Lake.

* Lion Tailed Macaque, Western Ghats

Lion Tailed Macaque is India’s endangered primate species and also ranks among the rarest and most threatened monkey, endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.

* Kashmir Stag, Kashmir Valley

Kashmir Stag also known as Hangul is the only species of elk native to India and found in dense riverine forests of Dachigam National Park, Kashmir Valley of Jammu & Kashmir and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh.

* Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiri Hills

Nilgiri Tahr is a wild sheep species, Endangered and endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats. The Nilgiri ibex closely related to the sheep, inhabits the open montane grassland habitat in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.