This is a list of extinct animals of India.[1]
Prehistoric Extinctions:
- Asian straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon namadicus)
- Stegodon
- Bharattherium
- Sivatherium
- Bramatherium
- Megalochelys atlas
Recent Extinctions:
- Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus)
- Pink-headed duck (now found only in Myanmar)
- Sunderban dwarf rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis)[2]
- Northern Sumatran rhinoceros
- Asiatic cheetah (now found only in Iran)
References
- ↑ "The 5 Extinction Wild Animals in India". Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ↑ Rookmaaker, Kees (1997). "Records of the Sundarbans rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) in India and Bangladesh". Pachyderm. 24: 37–45.