Animals Flashcards
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Dachigam National Park, Kashmir stag, critically endangered,
Schedule 1 of IWPA 1972, species recovery program of WII and ENVIS of MoEFCC
SeshaChalam Biosphere Reserve
Established in 2010, spread over Kadapa and chittor in Andhra Pradesh,
Hilly ranges of seshachalam in eastern guards,
Large reserves of Red-sandalwood -> used for making medicines,soaps, spiritual rituals,
Tirupati is located there.
“Srivenkateshwara national park” is also located here
slender loris Types
This is of two types red slender loris and grey slender loris
Red slender loris is found only in and its IUCN status
Srilanka, IUCN status endangered, not found in India but we can find grey slender loris
Grey slender loris is found in ? (Both country and type of forests)
India and srilanka,
Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist low land forests.
Grey slender loris in INDIA is classified into two types ?
Malabar grey slender loris found in western ghats of India
and Mysore grey slender loris found in southern plains of Mysore and extends up to eastern ghats i.e Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Grey slender loris IUCN status
IUCN status is least concern,
Because these species are very shy and so they don’t interact with the humans and more over they are nocturnal.
Due to the high range of hunting and poaching in India, it is considered as critically endangered in INDIAN context.
Indian pangolin
Insectivore, have large over lapping scales which makes its armour,
It can also curl it self into a ball against predators
IUCN status : Endangered. It is widely killed in Indian context for meat and various body parts as traditional medicine.
It’s scales are also smuggled in India to Vietnam and south east nations.
Pakke tiger reserve in
Arunachal Pradesh
Green hornbill
IUCN status : vulnerable;
State bird of Kerala as well as Arunachal Pradesh
Threats : meat & flesh eaten and skulls are used to ward off the evil spirts.
Crested ibises
Found in china, South Korea, japan
But the crested ibises got extinct in South Korea, lastly sighted in 1979 —> mainly due to utilisation of pesticides which destroyed the crested ibises food sources
IUCN : endangered
Chacoan peccary
Found in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina
IUCN status : endangered
White throated rail
It’s a bird which got extinct, but got back due to iterative evolution, due to the migration to Aldabra (Seychelles) it lost the ability to fly,
IUCN status : least concern
Pakshi pitti island what is it ?
It is a island in Lakshadweep and it is uninhabited. It is the imp site for nesting place for birds
It is a bird Sanctuary protected under the Indian wildlife protection act (1972)
During breeding season, fisher folk from neighbouring islands visit pakshi pitti to loot its treasure eggs
Greater one horned rhino
Brownish grey colours skin, armour plated type skin,
Largest of Asian rhinos,
Found in India, Nepal, Bhutan
State animal of asssam
Schedule of of wildlife protection act 1972
IUCN status : Vulnerable
Sumatran rhino
IUCN : critically endangered
Black rhino
IUCN : critically endangered
Found in Africa
White rhino
IUCN : near threatened
Found in Africa
Javan rhino
IUCN : critically endangered
Found in Asia
Prone to java rhino diseases
Pobitora wildlife sanctuary
—> Highest density of rhinos in the world
—> second highest number of rhinos in Assam after kaziranga national park
—> located in flood plains of brahma Putra river
—> other significant species found here are
1. Fishing cat
2. Feral buffaloes
3. Chinese pangolin
4. Phesant tailed jacana
Indian rhino vision 2020
World wildlife fund India + Assam frost department
Aim : increasing the number and range of rhinos in Assam through wild to wild translocations
Between kaziranaga national park , pobitora wildlife sanctuary to Manas national park, burachapori wildlife sanctuary , laokhowa wildlife sanctuary , dibru-saikhowa national park
Vision : attain 3000 wild population of rhinos in Assam
Orangutans types
They are of three types
- Bornean
- Sumantran
- Tapanuli
Orangutans
These are not found in india
There IUCN status is critically endangered
One orangutan brought from Singapore was dided in nanda Kannan zoo, Odisha
where is the nanda Kannan zoo present
Odisha
Mention some migratory birds
Pintail Duck Curlews Flamingo Osprey Little stint
Dihnag dibang biosphere reserve
Arunachal Pradesh
white stem borer
- It is a blackish brown coloured beetle measuring about 2cm in size with three pairs of white stripes running obliquely across the wings mainly affecting coffee plants
- Alternate host plants of this beetle include rose sandal wood, teak,etc
- This beetle sucks of all the water from the root —> this low supply of water to the plants so leaves gets dry and loss of yield
Measures to curb this
- Building good shade —> so that beetle cant lay eggs
- Identifying the infested plants, uprooting them and burning them
- Spraying once in April-may with chlorpyrifos 20 EC at 600 ml in 200 liters of water with 200 ml of wetting agent
Dragon fish
The deep sea dragonfish, sometimes known as the scaleless dragonfish, is a ferocious predator that inhabits the deep oceans of the world.
deep sea fish that can produce its own light through a chemical process known as bioluminescence
light is produced by a special organ known as a photophore.
deep sea dragonfish lives in deep ocean waters at depths of up to 5,000 feet
(1,500 meters
deep sea
dragonfish is limited mainly to the North and Western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico.
IUCN status: Least Concerned
Dragon fish
The deep sea dragonfish, sometimes known as the scaleless dragonfish, is a ferocious predator that inhabits the deep oceans of the world.
deep sea fish that can produce its own light through a chemical process known as bioluminescence
light is produced by a special organ known as a photophore.
deep sea dragonfish lives in deep ocean waters at depths of up to 5,000 feet
(1,500 meters
deep sea
dragonfish is limited mainly to the North and Western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico.
IUCN status: Least Concerned
Golden langur
IUCN : endangered
Habitat : assam, Bhutan
It’s found in the kakoijana reserved forest which is near abhayapuri in Bongaigaon district of assam
Chakrashila wildlfife sanctuary
It the wild life sanctuary falling under dhubri and kokrajhar districts of assam
It is the India’s first wildlife sanctuary with golden langur as the primary species
Asiatic elephants
India is the home of largest asiatic elephants in the world
As per 2002 census the number of the asiatic elephants are 26,000 —> 5 years later the census declared there are 27,000(1K improvement)
They are prone to
- Poaching
- Loss of habitat —> several projects like dams,railways, reservoirs
What are the male elephants with tusks and without tusk called
With tusk —> Tuskers
Without tusk —> Makhna
Which state have more Tuskers
Odisha
Karnataka —> Have heighest number of elephants
Highest number of elephants in the world
Botswana
Asia elephant empire
Western ghats
Eastern ghats
Nilgiris
Electrify the fences —> by farmers to save there crops—> but elephants are dying —> so the fences must be battery operated —> cost is more —> govt provide subsidy
Vaduvoor bird sanctuary
Tamil Nadu
Satkosia tiger reserve
Odisha
Kawal tiger reserve
Telangana
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, also known as Pakshi Kashi of Karnataka,
is a bird sanctuary in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka in India.
Purple frog
Endemic to western ghats
Endangered in IUCN red list
Impatiens species what are there survive capacity
Species of Impatiens cannot endure persistent drought or extended exposure to direct sunlight. As a result Impatiens species are typically confined to stream margins, moist roadsides, waterside boulders, near waterfalls and wet forests.Impatiens are highly sensitive to climate change.
They have high endemism to the Eastern Himalayan region.
Where are impatiens found
They are also known as balsams
Found in two bio diversity hotspots —> eastern Himalayas and western ghats
It is also considered as a Invasive Species and tends to dominate riparian vegetation along polluted rivers and nitrogen-rich spots.
Found in Asia, africa, America and Europe
Asian golden cat
Near threatened
Catopuma temminckii
found across eastern Nepal through north-eastern India to Indonesia.
Paddy frog
Paddy Frog’ from Northeast India, primarily in Assam.
The newly discovered species has been named Aishani, which is derived from Sanskrit word ‘aishani’ or aisani meaning Northeast.
The frog belongs to genus Micryletta, (a small genus of microhylid frogs).
As of now, there are only 4 recognised species in this group and newly discovered Micryletta aishani becomes the 5th.
Northeast India, particularly Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot region.
Indian Black soft-shell turtle
Indian Black soft-shell turtle (Nilssonia gangeticus Cuvier) is fresh water turtle.
• Figures in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN)
Red List as “extinct in the wild” since 2002.
• Listed under Sch I (Part II) of •. •
Indian Wildlife (Protection Act), 1972
The few that remain are in the ponds of some temples in Assam
Locals regard the turtles in the pond as Kurma avatar of Lord Vishnu to
whom various temples are dedicated.
collected from temple ponds for incubation at the Assam State Zoo. And the goodbye was because these hatchlings will be reintroduced in the wild, never to return.
Coringa wild life sanctuary
Near Kakinada, touted to be Second largest mangroves in india
It’s home for the critically endangered white backed vulture and long billed vulture
Threats : tourism,Polavaram project —>water entering gets decreased, industrial outfits and agricultural farmers —> menace of pesticides and gets dissolved in water which reach to sanctuary
Grey wolf
IUCN : least concern
Nagarhole national park
Karnataka
Chilka lake
- It has been designated as wetland of International importance under the
Ramsar convention. - It is the largest brackish water lake.
- It is the largest coastal lagoon in India.
- It is also known for Irrawaddy dolphins.
Asian forest tortoise
IUCN : critically endangered
Impressive tortoise
- New tortoise species was discovered at Arunachal Pradesh —> it was known as the impressed tortoise
- Documented by the state forest department which was working along with the two NGO —> Help Earth and Turtle Survival Alliance
- The impressed tortoise belongs to the Chelonian order and manouria genus
- Chelonian is an order of reptiles that includes—> tortoise, terrapins and turtles
- Till date only 2 species of tortoises are discovered in India under the manouria genus
- Manouria genus includes —> the Asian forest tortoise and impressed tortoise
- Asian forest tortoise —> is considered to be the largest tortoise in mainland Asia and its found only in the north east of India
- The north east of india is considered as a very rich eco systems for turtles, terrapins and tortoises which belong to the Chelonian order
- As of today there are 29 non Marine Chelonian species found in India —>as of them 21 are found in North east of india only
- The impressive tortoise is 1/3 rd of the size of the Asian forest tortoise
Impressed Tortoise (Manouria Impressa) is categorized as vulnerable in IUCN Red List Status.
Vespersaurus Paranaensis
- It is a desert based carnivorous dinosaur
- It used claws to capture small prey 90 million years ago
- The vespersaurus was a theropod, a group of two footed, meat eating dinosaurs that included better knwon tyrannosaurus and velociraptor
Painted stork
It has been classified as near threatened under the IUCN Red List.
It is found in the northern part of India and Tamil Nadu also
