![]() Types of Indian Animals Indian animals can be grouped into two categories. They are wild animals and pet animals. These categories are described below. Wild animals found in the country are innumerable. Some of them are tiger, lion, elephant, rhinoceros, deer, leopard, clouded leopard, black bear, monkey, panda, hyena, wild boar, camel, chinkara, Himalayan tahr, abarimon, black buck and horse. Royal Bengal tiger is the largest living member of the big cat family. Its solid body structure truly gives it a royal look. ![]() Pet animals are kept at homes for companionship and enjoyment, as opposed to livestock, laboratory animals and sport animals, which are kept for economic reasons. Some of the common Indian pet animals are dogs, cats and rabbits. Endangered Indian Animals ![]() (a) Few in number or (b) Threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. The high rate at which species have become extinct within the last 150 years is a cause of concern. While species are evolving and becoming extinct on a regular basis for the last several 100 million years, recent rates of extinction are many times higher than the typical historical values. This is a great cause of concern as extinction not only leads to the loss of a species as a biological entity, but also affects human life and leads to destabilization of the ecosystem. Some of the endangered species of India are Asian elephant, Siberian tiger, golden leopard, lion-tailed macaque and royal Bengal tiger. Threats to Indian Animals and their Conservation There has been in the recent years an increasing threat to the wildlife of India, mainly due to human encroachment in the form of hunting and poaching. For example, elephant is born in the wild, but is caught by men and tamed. Thus, some species reached the brink of extinction, while some others became critically endangered. Consequently, a number of protected areas like national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, tiger reserves and elephant reserves were set up for the protection of Indian animals. Laws have also been framed to conserve Indian animals. |
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