write a note on endangered and endemic species of india
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What is Endemic Species?
Endemic species are those that are found in just one region and nowhere else in the world. For example, kangaroos are originally endemic to Australia and are found nowhere else in the world. The cases where they have been spotted outside their natural habitat is due to humans introducing them when the animal was in captivity.
There are also other marsupials that are endemic only to Australia and its surrounding islands. The Tasmanian Tiger is one such animal that was endemic to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. But now, it is extinct.

Kangaroo- An Endemic Species
One tends to adapt themselves to their surroundings, climate, habitat and other variations. After which it becomes difficult to uproot ourselves and settle elsewhere. All living species, human, plants, animals, and birds have a habit of making home and finding it difficult to leave when the time calls for it. The ones which do not leave the area become endemic to that region.
Endemic species are those which are only found in a given region or location and nowhere else in the world. So the region which the species is endemic to ends up being called the “endemic site”, a “national endemic”, a “geographical range endemic”, or a political region endemic depending on the location.
But as we see endemic plants and animals are unique to a particular geographical region; they are incredibly unique and more vulnerable to extinction. As a result, special efforts are required to conserve them.
Also Read: Endangered Species
Endemic Species of India
A list of the endemic species of India is mentioned below:
Asiatic Lion, Gir Forest
Asiatic Lion is also known as the Indian Lion and can be only found in and around Gir Forest National Park of Gujarat. These are listed as endangered species. These are one of the five big cats found in India, the others being Indian Leopards and Bengal Tigers.
Kashmir Stag, Kashmir Valley
Also known as Hangul, Kashmir Stag is found in the dense forests of Dachigum National Park, Kasmir Valley and Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh.
Lion-Tailed Macaque, Western Ghats
It is the rarest and the most threatened and endangered primate species found only in the Western Ghats of Southern India.
Purple Frog, Western Ghats
The purple frog, also known as Pignose frog is only found in the rainforests of western ghats in India. It spends most of its life underground.
Sangai Deer, Loktak Lake
It is also known as Brow Antlered Deer exclusively found in Keibul Lamjao National Park of Manipur. This park is a marshy wetland located in the southern parts of Loktak lake.
Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiri Hills
It is a wild sheep species, endangered and endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of Western Gats.
Other endemic species of India include:
Pygmy Hog, Assam
Bronzeback Vine Snake, Western Ghats
Nilgiri Blue Robin, Nilgiri Hills
Malabar Civet, Western Ghats
Anaimalai Gliding Frog, Anaimalai Hills
Namdapha Flying Squirrel, Arunachal Pradesh
Indian Giant Squirrel
Bonnet Macaque
Examples of Endemic species
There are several ways in which a species may come to be endemic to a particular area. A broadly distributed population may disappear from several habitats due to changes which have occurred in their natural habitat. The changes could be an influx of predators, human activities, and climate changes.
All other species that were widely distributed around the world starts to die out until the species becomes forcefully restrained to just one region.
For example, Endemic species, such as the tortoises of the Galápagos and the lemurs of Madagascar can be found small islands. Big islands also provide the same isolation but on a larger scale.
Antarctica Hawaii and Australia are all huge land masses where we can find a lot of endemic species. Kangaroos, koalas, and polar bears are all endemic to these places.
In the case of endemic plants, sometimes species become endemic due to habitat destruction as discussed above.
The Redwood Forest on the West Coast of the United States has become endemic as it is now almost entirely limited to California. While there was a time when Redwoods used to cover much of the United States but have been destroyed by logging and are now limited to a small conservation area.
Diseases, on the other hand, can also be endemic. An endemic disease may be geographically isolated or it may be isolated to a certain group. Malaria is an example of an endemic disease because it is mostly limited to small pockets of infection in Africa.
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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.
What are some endemic species of India?
Here is the list of wild animals only found in India, Endangered and Endemic.
Asiatic Lion, Gir Forest
Indian-Lioness-Gir
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-Manipur
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
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
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-India
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.
Purple Frog, Western Ghats
Purple Frog found only in the rainforest of Western Ghats in India and spends most of its life underground. These uniquely purple frogs are also known as pignose frog.
Pygmy Hog, Assam
Pygmy-Hog
Pygmy Hog is the critically endangered species of suid and now only found in Assam. These smallest wild pig or Piglets are the only member of the genus Porcula.
Bronzeback Vine Snake, Western Ghats
Bronze headed vine snake or Western Ghats bronzeback is a grassland snake and mildly venomous species of bronzeback snake, found largely in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats.
Nilgiri Blue Robin, Nilgiri Mountain
Nilgiri Blue Robin is endangered and endemic to the Shola forest of southern India. This small passerine bird found to occur only above 1200 m altitude in high altitude grasslands of Western Ghats.
Malabar Civet, Western Ghats
Malabar-Large-spotted-Civet
Malabar Large Spotted Civet are largest species of viverrid, endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Malabar Civet are nocturnal and listed as