1. ENDANGERED ANIMALS Click here

2. WAYS THAT SPECIES BECOME ENDANGERED Habitat loss Unregulated or illegal killing or collection Pesticides, pollution Competition with other species Disease predation

3. ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN THIS COUNTRIES

4. ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN SRILANKA

5. LEOPARD IN SRI LANKA THERE IS A LEOPARD CALLED KOTIYA. THIS LEOPARD IS SRI LANKA’S TOP PREDATOR. ITS HABITAT CAN BE NEARLY ALL OVER SRI LANKA. IT EATS ONLY MEAT AND THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM LEFT. IF THE LEOPARD BECOMES EXTINCT THEN THE SPECIES THAT IT PREYS ON SUCH AS THE SPOTTED AXIS DEER, BARKING DEER, WILD BOAR AND SAMBHUR WILL GROW IN NUMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE, AS THE DEER GROWS IN NUMBER, IT NEEDS MORE FOOD FROM EXISTING HABITATS. IF ALL OF THEM EAT UP WHAT IS AVAILABLE THEN SOON THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT TO EAT. AS A RESULT THESE ANIMALS WILL DIE AND THE ANIMALS THAT EAT THEM WILL ALSO DIE

6. LIZARD TENNENT'S LEAF-NOSED LIZARD (CERATOPHORA TENNENTII) IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO SEE WHY THIS LIZARD IS ONE OF THE FIVE SPECIES IN SRI LANKA COMMONLY KNOWN AS 'HORN–NOSED LIZARDS'. EACH OF THE FIVE SPECIES HAS A DIFFERENT SHAPED HORN AND I BET YOU CAN TELL HOW THE LEAF–NOSED LIZARD GOT HIS NAME. NOT ONLY IS THE END OF HIS NOSE FLAT, BUT ALSO TAKES THE SHAPE OF A LEAF!

7. AMPHIBIANS ACCORDING TO AVAILABLE DATA, OUT OF THE 34 SPECIES OF AMPHIBIANS “CONFIRMED AS EXTINCT WORLDWIDE IN THE PAST 500 YEARS, 21 ARE FROM SRI LANKA.” THE NUMBER WAS FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN TO 19, WITH THE REDISCOVERY OF TWO SPECIES. WHILE AMPHIBIANS ARE NOT EXPLOITED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, SIGNIFICANT HABITAT LOSS IS THE MAIN THREAT. “THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AMPHIBIANS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE SOUTH-WESTERN WET ZONE QUARTER OF THE ISLAND (DUTTA & MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI, 1996), WHERE MORE THAN 95% OF THE ORIGINAL FOREST COVER HAS NOW VANISHED,” THE REPORT READ. PESTICIDE USE, WHICH IS AS YET UNREGULATED AND THE THREATS TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND IMPACT ON NON- TARGET ORGANISMS UNASSESSED TO DATE, IS ANOTHER CONCERNING FACTOR, ALONG WITH AIR POLLUTION. OF THE TOTAL 111 SPECIES OF AMPHIBIANS IN SRI LANKA, 73 ARE THREATENED. LEFT TO GIVE SHADE, BUT THE UNDERGROWTH HAS BEEN CLEARED TO GROW SPICES. BUT THERE IS HOPE!

8. ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN INDIA

9. BENGAL TIGER ACCORDING TO THE WEB JOURNAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF INDIA, TIGERS ONCE ROAMED ALL OVER THE ASIA. HOWEVER, HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH OVER THE LAST 100 YEARSTHE BENGAL TIGER HAS REDUCED THE TIGER’S NATURAL HABITAT BY UP TO 93%. SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN FIND TIGERS INCLUDE CORBETT NATIONAL PARK IN NORTHERN INDIA AND MADHYA PRADESH IN CENTRAL INDIA.TO STOP FURTHER DECLINE IN BENGAL TIGER NUMBERS, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED PROJECT TIGER IN 1973

10. INDIAN RHINO INDIAN RHINOS ALSO FORM PART OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS. THESE ANIMALS RANGE IN HEIGHT FROM 1.6 M TO 1.8 M TALL AND WEIGH ANYWHERE FROM 1,600 KG TO 2,200 KG. UNLIKE OTHER ANIMALS, THEY DO NOT HAVE HAIR ON THEIR BODY AND THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN IS ABOUT 47 YEARS. YOU CAN FIND THESE RHINOS IN THE HIMALAYAN HILLS AND NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF INDIA.

11. INDIAN LION JUST LIKE THEIR AFRICAN COUNTERPARTS, INDIAN LIONS ARE CARNIVOROUS AND FEED ON WILD PIGS, CHITAL, SAMBAR, AND NIGAL. AN ADULT LION WEIGHS ABOUT 200 KG TO 250 KG AND STANDS 2.5 TO 2.9 FEET TALL. YOU CAN FIND INDIAN LIONS ON THE OPEN GRASSLANDS AND AREAS WITH DECIDUOUS FORESTS SUCH AS SASAN GIR NATIONAL PARK IN GUJARAT

12. LION TAILED MACAQUE FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE WEB JOURNAL ON ENDANGERED SPECIES OF INDIA SHOW THERE ARE LESS THAN 2,500 ADULT LION TAILED MACAQUE’S IN INDIA. ILLEGAL POACHING AND DESTRUCTION OF THE MACAQUE’S NATURAL HABITAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A SHARP DECLINE IN NUMBERS. SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THESE ANIMALS INCLUDE TAMIL NADU, KERALA, KARNATAKA, AND SOME PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIA.

13. ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN AUSTRALIA

14. GREEN AND GOLDEN BELL FROG GREEN AND GOLD BELL FROG THE NATIONAL COLORS OF THE GREEN AND GOLD BELL FROG WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF OLYMPIC VENUES IN SYDNEY.THE GREEN AND GOLDEN BELL FROG (LITORIA AUREA) BECAME THE FOCUS OF NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN A SMALL POPULATION WAS FOUND AT THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE TENNIS COURTS OF THE 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THINGS ARE STILL TOUCH-AND-GO FOR THE GREEN AND GOLDEN BELL FROG, ACCORDING TO ANDREW HAMMER OF AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY. “THERE ARE RELIC POPULATIONS ALONG THE NSW COAST BUT THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD,” HE SAYS. “THERE HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY URBANIZATION AND CONTINUE TO THREATENED BY CONTINUED INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION THAT DESTROYS WETLANDS AND AREAS AROUND WETLANDS.”

15. HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT ONCE FOUND ACROSS EASTERN AUSTRALIA, THE YAMINON HAS BEEN REDUCED TO TWO TINY POPULATIONS RESIDING WITHIN THE EPPING FOREST NATIONAL PARK AND THE RICHARD UNDERWOOD NATURE REFUGE, BOTH IN QUEENSLAND. IT’S NEAR-EXTINCTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE CLEARING BY GRAZERS OF THE COARSE, NATIVE ROOTS AND GRASSES IT LIKES TO EAT, AND DINGOS -– WILD DOGS THAT HAVE TAKEN A FANCY TO PICKING OFF THE 138 OR SO KNOWN YAMINONS THAT REMAIN IN THE WILD.

16. TASMANIAN DEVIL THE TASMANIAN DEVIL APPEARED IN ONLY FIVE LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS BEFORE WARNER BROS AXED ITS ANIMATION DEPARTMENT IN 1964. IN A CASE OF LIFE IMITATING ART, THE REAL TASMANIAN DEVIL (SARCOPHILUS HARRISII) –- A CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIAL THE SIZE OF A SMALL DOG BUT WITH AN ENLARGED HEAD AND NECK THAT GIVE IT THE MOST POWERFUL BITE PER UNIT OF BODY MASS OF ANY LIVING MAMMAL -– IS ALSO FACING EXTINCTION. PROTECTED FROM HUNTERS SINCE 1941, ITS NEMESIS LIES IN ITS GENES –- A FATAL CANCER KNOWN AS DEVIL FACIAL TUMOR DISEASE (DFTF) CHARACTERIZED BY THE APPEARANCE OF GRUESOME TUMORS THAT BUILD UP AROUND THE MOUTH, PREVENT FEEDING AND OVER TIME, CAUSE DEVILS STARVE TO DEATH. ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN TRANSMISSIBLE CANCERS, DFTP HAS LAID WASTE TO BETWEEN 50 AND 90 PERCENT OF THE ADULT TASMANIAN DEVIL POPULATIONS

17. KOLALA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE KANGAROO, THERE IS NO MORE ICONIC ANTIPODEAN THAN THE TREE-DWELLING KOALA (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS). BUT THE KOALA WAS HUNTED FOR TO NEAR EXTINCTION IN THE EARLY 1900S, WITH MORE THAN A MILLION KILLED FOR THE FUR TRADE. PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER KOALA GENOCIDE GAVE BIRTH TO AUSTRALIA’S POWERFUL CONSERVATION MOVEMENT, THOUGH IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE TO SAVE SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S KOALA POPULATION. “AT THE RECENT SENATE INQUIRY INTO THE 'STATUS, HEALTH AND POPULATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN KOALA', WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE ARE ONLY 50,000 TO 85,000 KOALAS LEFT IN THE WILD,” SAYS THE AKF’S DEBRA TABART. “THIS INQUIRY IS THE BIGGEST LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL I HAVE SEEN IN 25 YEARS IN THAT NOT ONE SINGLE EXPERT SAID THE KOALA WAS SAFE.”

18. ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN NEPAL

19. CLOUDED LEOPARD (DHUWASE CHITUWA) IT IS FOUND IN DENSE FOREST OF MID-HILL. IT HAS CLOUDED BODY WITH SPOTS IN VARIOUS PARTS. IT LOOKS VERY ATTRACTIVE. IT HAS SIMPLE NATURE AND IT IS HARMLESS. IT HAS BEEN LISTED AS ENDANGERED ANIMAL. ITS NUMBER IS GETTING REDUCED DAY BY DAY DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR SHELTER. IT IS KILLED FOR THE SALE OF ITS TEETH AND SKIN. IT IS FOUND IN THE LANGTANG NATIONAL PARK, MAKALU BARUN NATIONAL PARK AND ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA.

20. RED PANDA (HABRE) IT IS FOUND AT THE HEIGHT OF 3,500 METERS IN THE FOREST OF BAMBOO, CANE AND OAKS. IT IS LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE CAT OF MODERATE SIZE. IT LIVES IN COOL TEMPERATE CLIMATE IT SURVIVES BY EATING GRASS, FRUIT AND PULP OF BAMBOO AND CANE. IT IS HUNTED FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL SKIN WITH SOFT AND FINE HAIR. ITS NUMBER IS REDUCING DAY BY DAY. IT HAS REACHED VANISHING STAGE. IT IS FOUND IN LANGTANG NATIONAL PARK, SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK AND MAKALU- BARUN NATIONAL PARK.

21. ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS (EKSINGE GAINDA) IT IS FOUND IN SHIWALIK AND THE TERAI REGION OF NEPAL. CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK AND BARDIYA NATIONAL PARK ARE THE MAIN SHELTERS OF IT. IT LIKES THE PLACE OF WET GRASSLAND AND SAL FOREST. THE GREEN GRASS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITS ARE ITS FOOD. IT IS HUNTED BECAUSE OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF ITS HORN, FOOT NAIL AND SKIN. ITS LIFE SPAN IS ABOUT 40-50 YEARS.

22. GIANT HORNBILL (DHANESH) THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HORNBILLS: BIG AND SMALL. GIANT HORNBILLS ARE FOUND IN THE FOREST OF THE TERAI REGION. IT IS HUNTED FOR MEAT AND MEDICINE. THE BONE AND FAT OF THIS BIRD ARE USED TO PREPARE MEDICINE. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF FOREST IN THE TERAI, THE NUMBER OF HORNBILL IS DECREASING. THEREFORE, IT HAS BEEN DECLARED AS A PROTECTED BIRD.

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