List of endangered animals in India

India's Red List of 2018 was released at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. 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.

Arachnids (2)

 * Rameshwaram parachute spider (Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica)
 * Peacock tarantula (Poecilotheria metallia)

Birds (18)

 * White-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)
 * Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)
 * Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
 * Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
 * Yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
 * Christmas Island frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
 * Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
 * White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
 * Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)
 * Slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
 * Masked finfoot (Heliopais personatus)
 * Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
 * Bugun liocichla (Liocichla bugunorum)
 * Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
 * Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
 * Pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)
 * Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
 * Lesser florican (Sypheotides indicus)
 * Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)

Cnidaria (1)

 * Millepora boschmai possibly extinct

Fish (44)

 * Stripenose guitarfish (Acroteriobatus variegatus)
 * Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
 * Wayanad mahseer (Barbodes wynaadensis)
 * Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
 * Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
 * Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)
 * Dwarf gulper shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus)
 * Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi)
 * Garra arunachalami
 * Sharpnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus granulatus)
 * Halavi guitarfish (Glaucostegus halavi)
 * Widenose guitarfish (Glaucostegus obtusus)
 * Clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin)
 * Giant guitarfish (Glaucostegus typus)
 * Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
 * Glyptothorax kashmirensis
 * Kudremukh glyptothorax (Glyptothorax kudremukhensis)
 * Tentacled butterfly ray (Gymnura tentaculata)
 * Nilgiri mystus (Hemibagrus punctatus) possibly extinct
 * Horalabiosa arunachalami
 * Haragi (Hypselobarbus pulchellus)
 * Red canarese barb (Hypselobarbus thomassi)
 * Pakistan whipray (Maculabatis arabica)
 * Shorttail whipray (Maculabatis bineeshi)
 * Mesonoemacheilus herrei
 * Bovany barb (Neolissochilus bovanicus)
 * Deolali minnow (Parapsilorhynchus prateri) possibly extinct
 * Pookode Lake barb (Pethia pookodensis)
 * Pinniwallgo kanpurensis possibly extinct
 * Dwarf sawfish (Pristis clavata)
 * Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
 * Largetooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
 * Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
 * Psilorhynchus tenura
 * Deccan barb (Puntius deccanensis) possibly extinct
 * Puntius madhusoodani
 * Schistura papulifera
 * Bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
 * Bengal guitarfish (Rhinobatos annandalei)
 * Smoothback guitarfish (Rhinobatos lionotus)
 * Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae)
 * Smoothnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus laevis)
 * Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
 * Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokaran)
 * Hump-back mahseer (Tor remadevii)
 * Triplophysa kashmirensis

Insects (2)

 * Pygmy hog-suckin' louse (Haematopinus oliveri)
 * Protostica myristicaensis

Mammals (12)

 * Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)
 * Kashmir stag or hangul (Cervus canadensis hanglu)
 * Elvira rat (Cremnomys elvira)
 * Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis)
 * Jenkins' shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi)
 * Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica)
 * Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
 * Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
 * Leopard (Panthera pardus)
 * Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
 * Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) possibly extinct

Reptiles and amphibians (43)

 * Dehradun stream frog (Amolops chakrataensis)
 * Madras spotted skink (Barkudia insularis)
 * Northern river terrapin (Batagur baska)
 * Three-striped roofed turtle (Batagur dhongoka)
 * Red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga)
 * Khasi hill rock toad (Bufoides meghalaynus)
 * Adi's day gecko (Cnemaspis adii)
 * Cnemaspis anaikattiensis
 * Kottiyoor day gecko (Cnemaspis kottiyoorensis)
 * Cnemaspis shevaroyensis
 * Thackeray's dwarf gecko (Cnemaspis thackerayi)
 * Chamba bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus chamba)
 * Cyrtodactylus montanus
 * Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 * Ghats wart frog (Fejervarya murthii)
 * Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
 * Jeypore ground gecko (Geckoella jeyporensis)
 * Satara gecko (Hemidactylus sataraensis)
 * Southern Ghats slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus)
 * Hemiphyllodactylus kolliensis
 * Gundia Indian frog (Indirana gundia)
 * Toad-skinned frog (Indirana phrynoderma)
 * Yellow-headed tortoise (Indotestudo elongata)
 * Leptobrachella khasiorum
 * Nagaland asian toad (Leptobrachella lateralis)
 * Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
 * Dzukou valley horned frog (Megophrys dzukou)
 * Garo white-lipped horned frog (Megophrys oreocrypta)
 * Rao's torrt frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis)
 * Spotted dancing frog (Micrixalus specca)
 * Cave dancing frog (Micrixalus spelunca)
 * Charles Darwin's frog (Minervarya charlesdarwini)
 * Franky's narrow-mouthed frog (Mysticellus franki)
 * Nasikabatrachus bhupathi
 * Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii)
 * Black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans)
 * Dattatreya night frog (Nyctibatrachus dattatreyaensis)
 * Indraneil's night frog (Nyctibatrachus indraneili)
 * Assam roofed turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis)
 * Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
 * Tura bubble-nest frog (Philautus kempiae)
 * Kobo bubble-nest frog (Philautus microdiscus)
 * Sacred grove bushfrog (Philautus sanctisilvaticus)
 * Amboli bush frog (Pseudophilautus amboli)
 * Raorchestes aureus
 * White-spotted bush frog (Raorchestes chalazodes)
 * Green eyed bushfrog (Raorchestes chlorosomma)
 * Griet bush frog (Raorchestes griet)
 * Kaikatti bushfrog (Raorchestes kaikatti)
 * Mark's bushfrog (Raorchestes marki)
 * Munnar bush frog (Raorchestes munnarensis)
 * Ponmudi bush frog (Raorchestes ponmudi)
 * Raorchestes primarrumpfi
 * Resplendent shrubfrog (Raorchestes resplendens)
 * Shillong bubble-nest frog (Raorchestes shillongensis)
 * Anaimalai flying frog (Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus)
 * Sushil's bushfrog (Raorchestes sushili)
 * Rinophis goweri
 * Superb large fan-throated lizard (Sarada superba)
 * Spiny lazy toad (Scutiger spinosus)
 * Island pit viper (Trimeresurus labialis)
 * Shevaroy hills earth snake (Uropeltis shorttii)
 * Amboli toad (Xanthophryne tigerina)
 * Ghats wart frog (Zakerana murthii)

Endangered animals
Listed by the IUCN as of the 2023-1 update.

Arachnids (4)

 * Haploclastus kayi
 * Poecilotheria formosa
 * Poecilotheria miranda
 * Poecilotheria rufilata

Birds (20)

 * White-winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
 * Forest owlet (Athene blewitti)
 * Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
 * Great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
 * Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)
 * Saker falcon (Falco cherrug)
 * Pallas's fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
 * Swamp grass babbler (Laticlla cinerascens)
 * Greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
 * Niligiri chilappan (Montecincla cachinnans)
 * Banasura chilappan (Montecincla jerdoniI)
 * White-bellied blue robin (Myiomela albiventris)
 * Nilgiri blue robin (Myiomela major)
 * Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
 * White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
 * Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
 * Manipur bush-quail (Perdicula manipurensis)
 * Finn's weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus)
 * Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis)
 * Narcondam hornbill (Rhyticero)
 * Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
 * Black-chinned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron jerdoni)
 * Nilgiri sholakili (Sholicola major)
 * Great nicobar serpant-eagle (Spilornis klossi)
 * Black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)

Cnidaria (4)

 * Acropora rudis
 * Anacropora spinsosa
 * Parasimplastrea sheppardi
 * Porites desilveri

Crustacean (2)

 * Arachnochium kulsiense
 * Macrobrachium lamarrei lamarroides

Echinoderm (4)

 * Holothuria lessoni
 * Holothuria nobilis
 * Holothuria scabra
 * Pineapple seacucumber (Thelenota ananas)

Fish (from 2018 - 135 as of 2023)

 * Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
 * Red line torpedo barb (Sahyadria denisonii)
 * Golden mahaseer (Tor putitora)
 * Deccan labeo (Labeo potail)

Insects (4)

 * Ludlow's Bhutan glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi)
 * Idionyx galeata
 * Libellago balus
 * Orthetrum andamanicum

Mammals (55)

 * Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
 * Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
 * Hog deer (Axis porcinus)
 * Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
 * Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
 * Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
 * Banteng (Bos javanicus)
 * Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
 * Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus)
 * Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
 * Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
 * Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
 * Onager (Equus hemionus)
 * Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)
 * Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (Feroculus feroculus)
 * Manipur bush rat (Hadromys humei)
 * Kolar leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus)
 * Nicobar leaf nosed bat (Hipposideros nicobarulae)
 * Pomona roundleaf bat (Hipposideros pomona)
 * Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
 * Mishmi hills hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock mishmiensis)
 * Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii)
 * Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
 * White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys)
 * Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala)
 * Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
 * Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)
 * Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
 * Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana)
 * Kashmir musk deer (Moschus cupreus)
 * Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster)
 * Black musk deer (Moschus fuscus)
 * White-bellied musk deer (Moschus leucogaster)
 * Servant mouse (Mus famulus)
 * Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (Myotis sicarius)
 * Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
 * Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
 * Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
 * Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
 * Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
 * Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
 * Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor)
 * Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania)
 * Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus)
 * Nonsense rat (Rattus burrus)
 * Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae)
 * Andaman horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cognatus)
 * Sangai (Rucervus eldii)
 * Kashmir gray langur (Semnopithecus ajax)
 * Indian ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea)
 * Day's shrew (Suncus dayi)
 * Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei)
 * Phayre's leaf-monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei)
 * Trachypithecus phayrei phayrei
 * Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus brahma)
 * Tenebrous capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus tenebricus)
 * Blond-bellied langur (Trachypithecus pileatus pileatus)
 * Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica)
 * Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica)

Mollusk (3)

 * Cremnoconchus carinatus
 * Cremnoconchus syhadrensis
 * Pseudomulleria dalyi

Reptiles and amphibians (from 2018 - 122 as of 2023)

 * Perrotet's vine snake (Ahaetulla perroteti)
 * Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 * Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica)
 * Goan day gecko (Cnemaspis goaensis)
 * Wyanad day gecko (Cnemaspis wynadensis)
 * Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii)
 * Boulenger's dasia (Dasia subcaerulea)
 * Poona skink (Eurylepis poonaensis)
 * Inger's mabuya (Eutropis clivicola)
 * Indian kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis beddomii)
 * Travancore Hills thorntail snake (Platyplectrurus madurensis)
 * Travancore earth snake (Rhinophis travancoricus)
 * Cochin forest cane turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica)

Vulnerable animals
Listed by the IUCN. As of the 2023-1 update, there are 481 animals listed as vulnerable.

Birds

 * Sarus crane (Antigone)
 * Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis)
 * Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

Mammals

 * Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
 * Gaur (Bos gaurus)
 * Four-horned antelope or chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis)
 * Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
 * White-chested bear (Ursus thibetanus)
 * Yak (Bos grunhniens)
 * Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
 * Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)
 * Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
 * Dugong (Dugong dugon)
 * Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
 * Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)
 * Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
 * Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
 * Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
 * Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
 * Snow leopard (Uncia uncia)
 * Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
 * Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)

Reptiles and amphibians

 * Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)