Killer Killer Shouting The Mob, Now Who's The Killer Asking Them All.
Shruti Vedpathak
Individual who likes to dip her toes in everything and seek to learn and grow.
You must be thinking in the world of social media who has time to check on who killed whom but my dear friends you should focus your eyes instead rolling aside. i'm not here to blame you but till last day i too dont know its an issue.
not everyone knows 3rd of march is celebrated world wildlife day and the fact is days are given to them who lost there life so further century to remember there existence by seeing the day google tribute (pun intended). Long story short here what i found:??
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups?
????????????Extinct (EX) – No known living individuals
Extinct in the wild (EW) – Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalized population outside its historic range
Critically endangered (CR) – Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Endangered (EN) – Higher risk of extinction in the wild
Vulnerable (VU) – High risk of extinction in the wild
Near threatened (NT) – Likely to become endangered in the near future
Conservation Dependent (CD) – Low risk; is conserved to prevent being near threatened, certain events may lead it to being a higher risk level
Least concern (LC) – Lowest risk; does not qualify for a higher risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
Today I'm putting some endangered category animals to see if you can recall half of them at least..
Asiatic lion?
In the old days people used to see them in local circuses every now and then but sadly it too came into this category.
Lions inhabit a small surviving group of forest habitats Five protected areas currently exist to protect the Asiatic lion
The Asiatic lion currently exists as a single subpopulation, and is thus vulnerable to extinction from unpredictable events, such as an epidemic or large forest fire.?
There are indications of poaching incidents in recent years, as well as reports that organized poacher gangs have switched attention from local Bengal tigers to the Gujarat lions.?
There have also been a number of drowning incidents, after lions fell into wells.
Nearly 25 lions in the vicinity of Gir Forest were found dead in October 2018. Four of them had died because of canine distemper virus (In canines distemper affects several body systems, including the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts and the spinal cord and brain, with common symptoms that include high fever, eye inflammation and eye/nose discharge, labored breathing and coughing, vomiting and diarrhea, loss of appetite and lethargy, and hardening of nose and footpads. The viral infection can be accompanied by secondary bacterial infections and can present eventual serious neurological symptoms.)
the same virus that had also killed several lions in the Serengeti.
Sangai deer
It is believed that the name sangai (sa "animal" and ngai "in awaiting") was coined from its peculiar posture and behavior while running.
?By nature, the deer, particularly the males, even when running for its life stops occasionally and looks back as if he is waiting for someone and hence the name.
The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of Eld's deer found only in Manipur, India.
?It is also the state animal of Manipur. Its original natural habitat is the floating marshy grasslands of the Keibul Lamjao National Park, located in the southern parts of the Loktak Lake, which is the largest freshwater lake in eastern India.
Lion tailed macaque
Basically they are monkeys with lion tails! The lion-tailed macaque ranks among the rarest and most threatened primates.
Their range has become increasingly isolated and fragmented by the spread of agriculture and tea, coffee, teak and cinchona, construction of water reservoirs for irrigation and power generation, and human settlements to support such activities.
?They do not live, feed or travel through plantations. Destruction of their habitat and their avoidance of human proximity have led to the drastic decrease of their population.
Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros
?also called the Indian rhino or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
?It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are restricted to less than 20,000 km2
In the early 1990s, between 1,870 and 1,895 Indian rhinos were estimated to have been alive.?
Since then, numbers have increased due to conservation measures taken by the government.
?However, poaching remains a continuous threat, as more than 150 Indian rhinos were killed in Assam by poachers between 2000 and 2006.
Nearly 85% of the global Indian rhinoceros population is concentrated in Assam, where Kaziranga National Park contains 70% of the rhino population.
Kashmir stag
The Kashmir stag, also called hangul, is a subspecies of Central Asian red deer endemic to Kashmir.?
It is found in dense riverine forests in the high valleys and mountains of the Kashmir Valley and northern Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.
?In Kashmir, it is found in the Dachigam National Park where it receives protection but elsewhere it is more at risk.?
In the 1941s, the population was between 3000 and 5000 individuals,but since then habitat destruction, overgrazing by domestic livestock and poaching have reduced the population dramatically. According to the census in 2019, there were only 237 hanguls.
These deer once numbered about 5,000 animals in the beginning of the 20th century.? ? Unfortunately, they were threatened, due to habitat destruction, overgrazing by domestic livestock, and poaching.?
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This dwindled to as low as 150 animals by 1970. However, the state of Jammu & Kashmir, along with the IUCN and the WWF (World Wild Fund) prepared a project for the protection of these animals. It became known as Project Hangul. This brought great results and the population increased to over 340 by 1980.
A survey in 2019 conducted by collaring the hangul has revealed that the species is no longer confined within the walls of Dachigam National Park.?
The endangered subspecies has now begun to use an old migratory route which spread through Sind Valley up to Tulail in Gurez Valley. The corridor was last known to be active in the early 1900s.
Nilgiri tahr
The Nilgiri tahr is a short hight goat with short coarse fur and a bristly mane.?
Males are larger than females and of darker color when mature. Both genders have curved horns ,As few as 100 Nilgiri tahrs were left in the wild by the end of 20th century.?
Since that time, their numbers have increased somewhat; in a comprehensive study of the Nilgiri tahr population in Western Ghats, the WWF-India has put the population at 3,122.Their range extends over 400 km (250 mi) from north to south, and Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population.
?Per the wildlife census conducted by Kerala forest department in association with volunteers from College of Forestry and Veterinary Science under Kerala Agricultural University, from April 24–28, 2014, the number of animals in Eravikulam National Park has increased to 894 individuals.
?This is the highest ever count recorded in the national park, with the first census in 1996 finding only 640 tahrs. The other significant concentration is in the Nilgiri Hills, with smaller populations in the Anamalai Hills, Periyar National Park, Palani Hills, and other pockets in the Western Ghats south of Eravikulam, almost to India's southern tip.
?A small population of tahrs numbering around 200 is known to inhabit the Boothapandi, Azhagiapandiapuram, Velimalai, Kulasekaram, and Kaliyal Ranges in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu? and another small herd of less than 30 animals is known to inhibit Ponmudi Hills in Trivandrum district of Kerala.
Purple frog
The purple frog is a belonging to the family Nasikabatrachus.
?It can be found in the Western Ghats in India.Although the adult frog was formally described in October 2003, the taxon was recognized much earlier by its tadpole, which had been described in 1918.
Unlike many other burrowing species of frogs that emerge and feed above the ground, this species has been found to forage underground, feeding mainly on termites using its tongue and a special?
In 2015, tadpoles of the species were discovered to be traditionally consumed by tribal communities.
The major threat to these amphibians in the Western Ghats of India is caused by the alteration of natural habitats by an ever-increasing human population, resulting in large areas being converted for settlement and agricultural use.?
Recent studies have shown frog utilization to be one of the major threats, which include the utilization of frogs for food, traditional medicine, research purposes, and pet trade has also been considered a major contributor to their decline.
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Pygmy hog
The pygmy hog? is a tiny pig. Today, the only known population lives in Assam, India and possibly southern Bhutan
. As the population is estimated at less than 250 mature individuals, it is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Piglets are born grayish-pink, becoming brown with yellow stripes along the body length.
?They live for about eight years.
Bronzback vine snake?
a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae.?
The species is endemic to the Western Ghats in South India.
?It occurs in high-elevation hills, above 1,600 m (5,200 ft), of Kerala and Tamil Nadu states.
?This species is known from the Upper Nilgiris, including Mukurthi National Park, Silent Valley and Vellarimala or Camel's Hump and Siruvani peak.?
Perhaps it has the smallest geographic range of all Indian Ahaetulla species.
snake found actively moving about on open montane grassland above the treeline. It feeds mainly on lizards and frogs. It is seen basking in full sunlight.?
It rarely if ever ascends trees.
Nilgiri blue robin
The Nilgiri blue robin also known as Nilgiri shortwing is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae endemic to the Shola forests of the higher hills of southern India, mainly north of the Palghat Gap.?
This small bird is found on the forest floor and undergrowth of dense forest patches sheltered in the valleys of montane grassland, a restricted and threatened habitat.
These birds are found in dense forest in the dark lower canopy and forest floor.?
They are skulking but can be confident.?
They call frequently with tit-like notes and harsh rattles.
?The song of S. major is said to be a series of shrill whistles and twangy buzzing sounds. Geographically isolated populations show variations in their songs.
Birds have been noted to molt their tail feathers in the beginning of June. Little is known of their dispersal, longevity and other aspects of life history although more than 133 birds have been ringed.
The Indian Subcontinent is home to?
25 species of deers ,?
15 Species of Monkeys,
15 Species of Cat Family members,
6 Species of Bears?
And
?5 species of canid
the killers are many can't name there are many more if one sit to findout but i already cover alot so let the links help you If you like this article you might like these Twitter references too till next 3rd march hope some live longer.