List of Indian states by wildlife population

Bengal Tiger and Indian Elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.[1][2][3] Indian Leopards are threatened and protected species. The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years.[4][5]

Tiger, Leopard and Elephant population by state
State Tigers (2014)[6] Elephants (2005)[7] Leopards (2015)[8]
Andhra Pradesh 68 41 343
Arunachal Pradesh 28 1,690 0
Assam 167 5,281 0
Bihar 28 0 32
Chattisgarh 45 215 846
Goa 5 0 71
Jharkhand 3 688 29
Karnataka 406 4,035 1,129
Kerala 136 6,177 472
Madhya Pradesh 308 0 1,817
Maharashtra 190 4 905
Mizoram 3 0 0
Nagaland 0 212 0
Odisha 28 1,930 345
Rajasthan 46 0 0
Tamil Nadu 229 3,726 815
Tripura 0 59 0
Uttar Pradesh 117 380 194
Uttarakhand 340 1,346 703
West Bengal 79 325 0
Total 2,226 27,990 7,701

See also

References

  1. "Project Elephant". wildlifeofindia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. "Project Tiger". projecttiger.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "About Project Elephant". Government of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "Tiger population grows". CNN IBN. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "Tiger numbers grow by 30". Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. "Status of tigers in India". WPSI. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. "Elephant Population in India". Government of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. "Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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