WildAID are now
in Kashmir to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and
to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the
well being of both animal and people. Small, but effective, seeking
to prevent further destruction of Kashmir's Wildlife and its habitat
and level the playing field by infusing resources and broad-based
support into campaigns to protect wildlife, captive-held animals,
and biodiversity wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.
WildAID Kashmir esro Kashmir Chapter sharing a vision of a world
where wildlife and wild places are truly protected.
RED DATA BOOK KASHMIR ( FAUNAL )
The About 45
% of the mammalian diversity of the state is listed as globally
threatened in IUCN Red Data List and 34 % is included in
Schedule I of the Central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. This
gives an indication of the status of animals found in the State
and the conservation value of the State. There are many species
facing similar threats but do not find mention in either list.
One can cote both the species of hamster as an example. Although
these species occur in abundance locally, there numbers are
being gradually reduced due to indiscriminate trapping for their
fur value.
There are several species of animals which have either been
wiped out completely or are on the verge of local extinction due
to shelling, landmines, forest fires, hunting pressures, grazing
competition with domestic live stock and poaching.
Threatened Mammals
Common
Name
IUCN
Red Data List
1996
Wildlife
Protection
Act 1972
Pale
Grey Shrew
Vulnerable
Not
Included
Lesser Horse - shoe Bat
Do
Do
Greater Horse - shoe Bat
Intermediate
Do
Leisler's Hairy-armed Bat
Do
Do
Common Noctule
Do
Do
Theobalt's Bat
Do
Do
Leopard
Not
Included
Schedule I
Snow
Leopard
Endangered
Do
Tibetan Lynx
Not
Included
Do
Pallas's Cat
Data
Deficient
DO
Red
Manul
Intermediate
Do
Tibetan Wolf
Vulnerable
Do
Wild
Dog
Do
Schedule II
Himalayan Brown Bear
Not
Included
Schedule I
Himalayan Black Bear
Vulnerable
Schedule II
Western Kiang
Data
Deficient
Schedule I
Kashmir Stag
Endangered
Do
Himalayan Musk Deer
Intermediate
Do
Wild
Yak
Vulnerable
Do
Flare
- horned Markhor
Endangered
Do
Pir
Pangal Markhor
Data
Deficient
Do
Mianland Serow
Vulnerable
Do
Himalayan Ibex
Intermediate
Do
Himalayan Tahr
Vulnerable
Do
Himalayan Goral
Intermediate
Schedule III
Tibetan Argali
Vulnerable
Schedule I
Urial
Endangered
Do
Tibetan Antelope
Vulnerable
Do
Himalayan Blue Sheep
Intermediate
Do
Tibetan Gazelle
Do
Do
Kashmir Wolly Flying Squirrel
Endangered
Not
Included
Small
Kashmir Flying Squirrel
Intermediate
Do
Royle's Vole
Intermediate
Do
Little Grey Hamster
Do
Do
Royle's Pika
Do
Do
Threatened Birds
Common
Name
IUCN
Red Data List
1996
Wildlife Protection
Act
1972
White-fronted Goose
Vulnerable
Schedule I
White- headed Duck
Do
Do
European Black Vulture
Intermediate
Do
Long-billed Vulture
Do
Do
Western Tragopan
Vulnerable
Do
Chir
Pheasant
Do
Do
Black
necked crane
Do
Do
Kashmir flycatcher
Do
Not
Included
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Intermediate
Do
Long
billed Bush Warbler
Vulnerable
Do
Threatened Amphibians / Reptiles
Common
Name
IUCN
Red Data List 1996
Wildlife Protection Act
1972
N.headed Softshell Turtle
Vulnerable
Not
Included
Indian Tent Turtle
Intermediate
Schedule I
Indian Rock Python
Do
Do
Central Asian Cobra
Do
Do
Red Data Book
Himalayan Profile
Of the total 622 endangered plants listed so far in the Red Data
Books, 137 occur in the Himalayan region. Of the 137 species, 71
species are from the Eastern Himalaya, 56 species from the Western
Himalaya, and ten species are common to both these regions. As
many as 29 mammalian species listed under Schedule 1 of the Indian
Wildlife Protection Act occur in the Himalaya. These include Slow
Loris, Hoolock Gibbon, Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Spotted
Linsang, Binturong, Marbled Cat, Goldern Cat, Himalayan Lynx,
Clouded Leopard, Snow Leopard, Kiang, Pygmy Hog, Must Deer,
Tibetan Gazelle, Tibetan Antelope, Hangul, Rhinoceros, Wild
Buffalo, Takin, Himalayan Tahr, Ibex, Serow
Markhor, Urial, Yak, Nyan and Hispid Hare.
The endangered avian species include Himalayan Bearded Baza,
Tibetan Snowcock, Mountain Quail, Tibetan Blook Pheasant, Western
Tragopan, Satyr’s Tragopan, Blyth’s Tragopan, Temmincks Tragopan,
Himalayan Monal Pheasant, Elwee’s Eared Pheasant, Cheoe Pheasant,
Koklass Pheasant, Black necked Crane, Rufous neckled Hornbill etc.
Most of the endangered avian species are recorded from Central or
North West Himalaya.
This database
is non priced research material. esro Kashmir Chapter is building
database on information related to Kashmir Wildlife. The content
may be quoted or reproduced for non commercial use, provided
source is duly acknowledged. The presentation of the material
throughout this e publication do not imply the expression of any
opinion whatever on the part of esro Kashmir Chapter concerning
the legal status of the country, territory, city or area of its
authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or
boundaries.
In accordance with Title 17 IDC Section 107, this material is
distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior
interest in receiving informational materials for research and
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WildAID are now in Kashmir to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the well being of both animal and people. Small, but effective, seeking to prevent further destruction of Kashmir's Wildlife and its habitat and level the playing field by infusing resources and broad-based support into campaigns to protect wildlife, captive-held animals, and biodiversity wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. WildAID Kashmir esro Kashmir Chapter sharing a vision of a world where wildlife and wild places are truly protected.
RED DATA BOOK KASHMIR ( FAUNAL )
The About 45 % of the mammalian diversity of the state is listed as globally threatened in IUCN Red Data List and 34 % is included in Schedule I of the Central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. This gives an indication of the status of animals found in the State and the conservation value of the State. There are many species facing similar threats but do not find mention in either list. One can cote both the species of hamster as an example. Although these species occur in abundance locally, there numbers are being gradually reduced due to indiscriminate trapping for their fur value.
There are several species of animals which have either been wiped out completely or are on the verge of local extinction due to shelling, landmines, forest fires, hunting pressures, grazing competition with domestic live stock and poaching.
Threatened Mammals
Common
Name
IUCN Red Data List
1996
Wildlife Protection
Act 1972
Threatened Birds
Common
Name
IUCN Red Data List
1996
Wildlife Protection
Act 1972
White-fronted Goose
Vulnerable
Schedule I
White- headed Duck
Do
Do
European Black Vulture
Intermediate
Do
Long-billed Vulture
Do
Do
Western Tragopan
Vulnerable
Do
Chir Pheasant
Do
Do
Black necked crane
Do
Do
Kashmir flycatcher
Do
Not Included
Tytler's Leaf Warbler
Intermediate
Do
Long billed Bush Warbler
Vulnerable
Do
Threatened Amphibians / Reptiles
Common
Name
IUCN Red Data List 1996
Wildlife Protection Act
1972
N.headed Softshell Turtle
Vulnerable
Not Included
Indian Tent Turtle
Intermediate
Schedule I
Indian Rock Python
Do
Do
Central Asian Cobra
Do
Do
Red Data Book Himalayan Profile
Of the total 622 endangered plants listed so far in the Red Data Books, 137 occur in the Himalayan region. Of the 137 species, 71 species are from the Eastern Himalaya, 56 species from the Western Himalaya, and ten species are common to both these regions. As many as 29 mammalian species listed under Schedule 1 of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act occur in the Himalaya. These include Slow Loris, Hoolock Gibbon, Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Spotted Linsang, Binturong, Marbled Cat, Goldern Cat, Himalayan Lynx, Clouded Leopard, Snow Leopard, Kiang, Pygmy Hog, Must Deer, Tibetan Gazelle, Tibetan Antelope, Hangul, Rhinoceros, Wild Buffalo, Takin, Himalayan Tahr, Ibex, Serow Markhor, Urial, Yak, Nyan and Hispid Hare.
The endangered avian species include Himalayan Bearded Baza, Tibetan Snowcock, Mountain Quail, Tibetan Blook Pheasant, Western Tragopan, Satyr’s Tragopan, Blyth’s Tragopan, Temmincks Tragopan, Himalayan Monal Pheasant, Elwee’s Eared Pheasant, Cheoe Pheasant, Koklass Pheasant, Black necked Crane, Rufous neckled Hornbill etc. Most of the endangered avian species are recorded from Central or North West Himalaya.
This database is non priced research material. esro Kashmir Chapter is building database on information related to Kashmir Wildlife. The content may be quoted or reproduced for non commercial use, provided source is duly acknowledged. The presentation of the material throughout this e publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatever on the part of esro Kashmir Chapter concerning the legal status of the country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
In accordance with Title 17 IDC Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving informational materials for research and educational purposes. This document is a PHOTOCOPY for non-commercial and personal use only. Recipients should seek permission to reprint the article from the source.