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Species in News for UPSC Prelims
On this page, you can read all the important species in news for Prelims 2022. You can provide feedback for the upcoming material in this series. We will keep this page updated.
Contents
- Basic Concepts of Biodiversity and other aspects of environment – Click Here
- Basics of IUCN list, WPA classification, and CITES – Click Here
Critically Endangered Species
- The Caracal
- The Great Indian Bustard
- The Himalayan brown bear
- Vultures in India
- Kolar Leaf Nosed Bat
- Crocodile
- African Elephants and Asian Elephants
- The Pangolin
- Bugun Liocichla
- Northern River Terrapin
- Allmania multiflora
Endangered Species
- Red Sanders
- Tiger (Panthera tigris)
- Lesser Florican
- The Asiatic Lion
- Himalayan Trillium
- The Gangetic River Dolphin
- Denison barb (Miss Kerala)
- Grey Slender loris
- Nilgiri Tahr
The Near Threatened Species in News
- The Black Necked Crane
- The Malayan Giant Squirrel
- Kaiser-i-Hind(Arunachal’s State butterfly)
- Spot-Billed Pelican or grey pelican
- Kaiser-i-Hind
- Spot-billed pelicans
- Mahabali Frog
Vulnerable Species in news
- The Himalayan Serow
- The Fishing Cat
- The Giant Leatherback Turtle
- The Indian star tortoises
- The Houbara Bustard
- The Indian Leopard
- Himalayan Viagra
- Wandering Albatross
- Olive Ridley turtles
- Indian Flapshell Turtle
- Indian Gaur or Bison
- Sloth Bear
- Tomistoma
- Hippopotamus
Least Concern Species in news
- The Hedgehog
- The Mandarin Ducks
- House Sparrow
- Barn Owls in India
- Hornbill
- Indian Desert Cat
- Black-and-orange Flycatcher and Nilgiri Flycatcher
- Sonneratia alba or mangrove apple
- Black Eagle
- Saltwater crocodile
- Two High Altitude Flycatchers
- Greater Scaup
- Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
Data Deficient Species
Extinct Species
Miscellaneous Species
- The Myristica swamp tree frog
- Dragonfly
- Indian Muraingrasses
- Seabuckthorn plantations
- Banni Buffalo
- Chocolate-bordered Flitter
- Trigonopterus corona
- Thrips Parvispinus
- Issi saaneq
- Chinar Tree
- White Cheeked Macaque
- Halari Breed of Donkey
- Syllipsimopodi Bideni
- Ancient plant silphion
- Neelakurinji
- Broad-billed sandpiper
- Red-Eared Slider Turtles
- Thalattosuchian
- Soliga ecarinata
- White tufted royal butterfly
