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 are listed as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable. In 2024, 7 plant species and 8 animal species were added as critically endangered with 1 plant species, Limnophila limnophiloides, listed as extinct. In 2025, as of October 21, 13 more animal species were added as critically endangered.

Critically endangered animals

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

Arachnids (2)

Birds (19)

Cnidaria (1)

Millepora boschmai possibly extinct

Fish (44)

Insects (2)

Mammals (11)

Reptiles and amphibians (59)

Endangered

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

Arachnids (4)

Haploclastus kayiPoecilotheria formosaPoecilotheria miranda

Birds (20)

Cnidaria (4)

Acropora rudisAnacropora spinsosaParasimplastrea sheppardi
  • ''Porites desilveri''

Crustacean (2)

Arachnochium kulsiense

Echinoderm (4)

Holothuria lessoniHolothuria nobilisHolothuria scabra

Fish (from 2018 - 135 as of 2023)

Insects (4)

Mammals (55)

Mollusk (3)

Cremnoconchus carinatusCremnoconchus syhadrensis

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

Vulnerable

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

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles and amphibians