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India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. [1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2]
Join us as we discover the incredible animals that inhabit the country of India – from the Himalayas to the Deccan Plateau and all of the beautiful lands in between. India’s diverse landscape ...
India: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [31] Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [32] Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle ...
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India.The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia.
Tigers in India constitute more than 70% of the global population of tigers. [1] [2] Tigers have been officially adopted as the national animal of India [3] on the recommendation of the National Board for Wildlife [4] since April 1973. [5] In popular local languages, tigers are called baagh, puli or sher. [6]
The Ministry of Environment and Forest declared the Gangetic dolphin the national aquatic animal of India. A stretch of the Ganges River between Sultanganj and Kahlgaon in Bihar has been declared a dolphin sanctuary and named Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, the first such protected area. [citation needed]
Indian elephant herd in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Apart from India, following is the distribution and estimated population of Indian elephants across Asia. [16] 100–125 in Nepal, where their range is restricted to a few protected areas in the Terai along the border with India.
India's Red List of 2018 was released at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. [1] [2] Since then, new animals have been added yearly.While previously this list contained 132 species of plants and animals in 2018, as of the 2023-1 update from the IUCN Red List, over 950 species of animals (and over 600 species of plants) are listed as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable.