Question

Name the species of plants and animals which are endangered in India? and why?
class-9th
long question​

Answer 1

Answer:

White-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)

Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis niriceps)

Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)

Spoon-billed sanndpiper (Calidris pygmaea)

White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)

Slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)

Answer 2

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Species which are facing high risk of extinction are called endangered species.

• Some of the endangered plants include Ebony tree, Umbrella tree, Indian mallow etc. and few of the endangered animals are Blackbuck, One Horned Rhinoceros and Asiatic Lion etc.

Plants and animals are facing high risk because of:-

• over exploitation of plants and animal resources, greedy hunting for commercial purposes, deforestation, pollution etc.

Species become endangered for two main reasons:-

• loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation.
• A loss of habitat can happen naturally. ...
• Human activity can also contribute to a loss of habitat.
• Development for housing, industry, and agriculture reduces the habitat of native organisms. ......