List of extinct animals of India
This is a list of extinct animals of India.[1]
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Prehistoric extinctions
- Asian straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon namadicus) Late Pleistocene
- Stegodon namadicus Late Pleistocene
- Hexaprotodon (Indian hippopotamus) Late Pleistocene
- Equus namadicus Late Pleistocene
- Bharattherium
- Sivatherium
- Bramatherium
- Megalochelys atlas
- Dinofelis
- Megantereon
- Pachycrocuta
- Acinonyx pardinensis
Recent extinctions
- Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus)[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea; possibly extant in Myanmar)[8]
- Sunderban dwarf rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis)[9][10]
- Northern Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis)[11]
- Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus; now found only in Iran, Southeast African cheetahs from Namibia were "reintroduced" to Kuno National Park, India in March 2023 but it is a different subspecies from the Asiatic cheetah)[12][13][14][15]
See also
References
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- Srinivasulu, C. (2012). South Asian mammals : their diversity, distribution, and status. Bhargavi Srinivasulu. New York, NY: Springer. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4614-3449-8. OCLC 794056010.
- Prothero, Donald R. (2002). Horns, tusks, and flippers : the evolution of hoofed mammals. Robert M. Schoch. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2. OCLC 49681344.
- Tordoff, Andrew W.; Appleton, Tim; Eames, Jonathan C.; Eberhardt, Karin; Hla, Htin; Ma Ma Thwin, Khin; Myo Zaw, Sao; Moses, Saw; Myo Aung, Sein (March 2008). "The historical and current status of Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea in Myanmar". Bird Conservation International. 18 (1): 38–52. doi:10.1017/S0959270908000063. ISSN 0959-2709.
- Rookmaaker, Kees (1997). "Records of the Sundarbans rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) in India and Bangladesh". Pachyderm. 24: 37–45.
- Black, Riley (3 January 2013). "The Javan Rhino – And then there was one". National Geographic.
Historically, there have been three subspecies of the one-horned Javan rhinoceros. The first to disappear was Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis, a variety that roamed India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar until a century ago. Now the beast has lost its foothold in Vietnam, leaving only Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus in Indonesia.
- Steadman, Ralph (2017). Ralph Steadman's critical critters : with beastly sneers and callous observations. Ceri Levy. London. ISBN 1-4729-3671-X. OCLC 962005786.
This once wide-roaming rhino is only found in Sumatra and Borneo and is now down to two subspecies, the Western and Eastern Sumatran Rhinoceroses. A third subspecies, the Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros, is believed to have become extinct.
- Rashkow, Ezra (2022). The nature of endangerment in India : tigers, 'tribes', extermination & conservation, 1818-2020. Oxford. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-19-269483-6. OCLC 1351750479.
The Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is extinct in India and is elsewhere listed as 'Critically Endangered' by the IUCN. It is believed that fewer than 100 individuals exist in Iran.
- Goodwin, Allegra (2023-01-27). "South Africa to send dozens of cheetahs to India under new deal". CNN. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- Naveen, P. (2023-03-11). "India's first cheetah couple released into the wild of Kuno National Park". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- "Cheetahs Back in Wild in India After Seven Decades". Voice of America (VOA). Agence France-Presse. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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