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Threatened Animals of India

pp 0001 - 0307 | October 1983
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Foreword
— Tikader, B. K.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Why conserve wildlife
Steps taken towards conservation
Work done in India on threatened species
Project Tiger
Gir Lion Sanctuary Project
Crocodile Breeding Project
Project Hangul
Himalayan Musk Deer Project
Manipur Browantlered Deer Project
Lesser cat Project
Contributions by the Zoological Survey of India
Population Census of Rhesus Macaque and Hanuman Langur of India
Eco-ethological Studies and Population Estimates of Cercopithecid Primates of Peninsular India
Study on the Population Ecology of the most Endandegered Species of Mammals and Birds in the Arid Zone of India
Rare Species of Animals, their Categories and Definitions
Mammals
- Primates
- Pholidota
  - Chinese Pangolin 12. Manis pentadactyla aurita Hodgson
  - Indian Pangolin 13. Manis crassicaudata Gray
- Carnivora
- Perissodactyla
- Artiodactyla
- Lagomorpha
  - Hispid Hare 74. Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson)
- Rodentia
  - Grizzled Giant Squirrel 75. Ratufa macroura dandolena Thomas & Wroughton
  - Crestless Himalayan Porcupine 76. Hystrix hodgsoni (Gray)
- Cetacea
- Sirenia
  - Sea Cow 81. Dugong dugon (MÃ¼ller)
Birds
- Ciconiiformes
  - Eastern White Stork 82. Ciconia ciconia boyciana Swinhoe
- Anseriformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gruiformes
- Charadriiformes
  - Jerdon's Courser 115. Cursorius bitorquatus (Blyth)
  - Indian Skimmer 116. Rhyncops albicollis Swainson
- Columbiformes
  - Nicobar Pigeon 117. Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica (Linnaeus)
- Strigiformes
  - Great Horned Owl 118. Bubo bubo (Linnaeus)
  - Forest Spotted Owlet 119. Athene blewitti (Hume)
- Caprimulgiformes
  - Ceylon Frogmouth 120. Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth
  - Hodgson's Frogmouth 121. Batrachostomus hodgsoni hodgsoni (G. R. Gray)
- Coraciiformes
Reptiles
- Testudines
- Crocodylia
- Squamata
Amphibians
- Urodelia
Bibliography
Appendix
- I Indian Board for Wild Life (IBWL)
- II Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act and its Schedules
- III IUCN/WWF/WWF-India/FAO and UNDP
- IV International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP)
- V Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- VI Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks