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    India is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including the royal Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, snow leopard, Indian elephant, and Asiatic cheetah. India contains a variety of forest types ranging from tropical rainforests to coniferous Himalayan forests. It has over 172 threatened species and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. While conservation efforts like Project Tiger and Project Elephant were implemented to protect crucial habitats, human activities like hunting and habitat loss have led to the extinction of some species like the wild zebu and Javan rhinoceros. Continued conservation is needed to preserve India's remaining endangered species.

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    India is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including the royal Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, snow leopard, Indian elephant, and Asiatic cheetah. India contains a variety of forest types ranging from tropical rainforests to coniferous Himalayan forests. It has over 172 threatened species and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. While conservation efforts like Project Tiger and Project Elephant were implemented to protect crucial habitats, human activities like hunting and habitat loss have led to the extinction of some species like the wild zebu and Javan rhinoceros. Continued conservation is needed to preserve India's remaining endangered species.

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    India is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including the royal Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, snow leopard, Indian elephant, and Asiatic cheetah. India contains a variety of forest types ranging from tropical rainforests to coniferous Himalayan forests. It has over 172 threatened species and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. While conservation efforts like Project Tiger and Project Elephant were implemented to protect crucial habitats, human activities like hunting and habitat loss have led to the extinction of some species like the wild zebu and Javan rhinoceros. Continued conservation is needed to preserve India's remaining endangered species.

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    Indian Wildlife

    DIVERSITY OF WILDLIFE
    The wildlife of india consists a mix of
    different types of organisms . Apart from
    a handful of major farm organisms ,
    India also has a wide variety of
    organisms native to it. It is home to the
    royal bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, golden
    langur, wild dogs, sloth bear, Himalayan
    black bear, snow leopard, alligators,,
    Indian bison, red panda, wild asian water
    buffalo, the dhole, striped hyena, Asiatic
    elephant and the Himalayan wolf.

    FOREST COVER OF INDIA

    Indian forest cover ranges from the tropical


    rainforests of Andaman islands, western
    ghats and northeast India to the coniferous
    forests of himalayas. Between these
    extremes lie the sal dominated moist
    deciduous forests of north-east India ; teak
    dominated dry deciduous forests of central
    and south india and the babul dominated
    thorn forests of western gangetic india and
    deccan plateau.The important medical trees
    include neem which is widely used in rural
    herbal remedies

    ENDEMIC SPECIES I INDIA


    India contains 172 or 2.9% of IUCNthreatened species. These include The
    Asian Elephant, The Asiatic Lion, The
    Royal Bengal Tiger, The Indian
    Rhinoceros, The mugger crocodile, The
    Indian White Rumped Vulture, Nilgiri
    Leaf Monkey, The blackbuk, The Indian
    bustard, The dhole, The asiatic cheetah
    and the brown and carmine Beddomes
    toad.

    The most
    endangeredIndiantop
    predator of 2010,
    thedholeis on edge
    ofextinction. Less than
    2500 members of the
    species remain in the world.

    TheHanuman langurwith
    newborn. At least seven
    species of grey langurs are
    found in India out of which
    five are endemic.

    Snow leopard atHemis


    National Park
    inLadakh,India.Snow
    leopardis an endangered
    species found along the
    Himalayas.

    TheIndian rhinocerosin
    theKaziranga National Park.
    Kaziranga in Assam, India is
    home to two-thirds of the
    one-horned rhinoceros
    population.

    CONSERVATION AND ITS


    NEED

    This regions bio-diversity is preserved in 89


    national parks, 18 biosphere reserves and over
    515 sancturies.India is one of the 17 megabiodiverisities of the world and hosts 3 of the
    worlds bio-diversity hotspots.As it has many
    rare species, it is essential to preseve them in a
    proper and managed way. In 1972, Project Tiger
    and Project Elephant were launched to
    safeguard crucial habitats; further federal
    promotions were introduced in 1980. Now it
    hosts 26 wetlands registered under Ramsagar
    Convention.

    NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF
    INDIA

    National Animal : Royal Bengal Tiger


    National Heritage Animal : Asiatic
    Elephant
    National Mammal of India : Hanuman
    Langur
    Naional Aquatic Animal : Ganges River
    Dolphin
    National Bird : Peacock

    RECENT EXTINCTIONS
    The exploitation of land and forest
    resources by humans along with
    trapping and hunting for food and sports
    has led to many recent extinctions in
    the wildlife of india. These species
    include mammals such as wild zebu,
    javan rhinoceros and sumatran
    rhinoceros. Extinction of many smaller
    species is not confirmed while some of
    the species have not been seen since
    their description. Among the birds, the
    pink-headed duck and the Himalayan

    THANK YOU!

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