Red Book Animals India. The asiatic lion is one of the mightiest species of lion in the world. Every year, they issue a ‘red list’ for every member country.
India accounts for about 5.65 percent of the global egg production and also the largest population of milch animals in the world, with 110 million buffaloes, 133 million goats and 63 million sheeps. Download the pdf of iucn red list 2019. The iucn red list is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity.
India is the land known for rich biological diversity.
The data for this book is provided through surveys which are conducted by the zoological survey of india and the botanical survey of india under the guidance of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change. Otherwise they are likely to become extinct in the near future. Lion tailed macaque are also one of the extinct animals. The entire population of the species can now only be found in india and is now restricted to gir national park and environs in gujarat.