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MAMMALS
1) Gharial (Fish-Eating Crocodile) : <235 (UP, MP, Rajasthan (in Chambal and Girwa Rivers))
2) Turtles : Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle, Northern River Terrapin
3) Lizards : Jeypore Indian Gecko(Eastern Ghats of Andra,Odisha), Cnemaspis
Anaikattiensis(Anaikatti Hills,Coimbatore), Madras Spotted Skink (Chilka Lake, Odisha)
4) Frogs (21 Varieties like Anaimalai Flying Frog, Ponmudi Bush Frog, Munnar Bush Frog,
Charles Darwin's Frog, Rao's Torrent Frog, Sushil's Bush Frog, Dattatreya Night Frog)
BIRDS
1) Great Indian Bustard (ostrich like appearance) (250 remaining)(State Bird of Rajasthan)
(Kori Bustard of Africa is the largest flying bird and heaviest living animal capable of flight)
2) Indian Vulture , White-Rumped Vulture, Slender-Billed Vulture, Red-Headed Vulture
(99% population decrease since 1990s)(poisoning by Diclofenac) (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)
(Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre (JCBC) ,Pinjore, Haryana) (Asia's first & Worlds
Largest vulture breeding facility)
3) Bengal Florican (Bengal Bustard) 6) Pink-Headed Duck (Ganges &
4) Forest Owlet (Central India) Brahmaputra)
5) Siberian Crane (Keoladeo NP, Raj) 7) Himalayan Quail (Uttarakhand)
FISH
VULNERABLE