Species in News Part 1/2
🔆Pangolin :
the Indian Pangolin and the Chinese Pangolin are found in India.
The only scaly mammal on the planet.
The most illegally traded vertebrate within its class (Mammalia), according to CITES.
Indian Pangolin: Endangered
Chinese Pangolin: Critically
Endangered
🔆Lion-tailed macaque-
IUCN: Endangered
Endemic to the Western Ghats of India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu).
@tnpscsuccesses
🔆Asiatic lion
the Gir Forests in Gujarat is the only home of the Asiatic lion.
✅IUCN: Endangered
🔆Fishing cat
sundarban..himalaya foothills
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Malabar civet
TN/kerala
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆Northern River Terrapin
Species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia.
Second-most threatened turtle in the world.
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆🔆Hard ground swamp deer (Barasingha)
Madhya Pradesh, Utter Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Sangai (Brow antlered deer or dancing deer-
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Hangul (Kashmiri Stag)
Protected in Dachigam National Park. (j.k)
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆Dhole (Asiatic Wild Dog)
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in the conservation of dhole in
India, according to a new study.
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Nilgiri Tahr
Rise in population in Mukurthi National Park.
It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Indian Gaur
first population estimation exercise of the Indian Gaur (Bison) was carried out in the Nilgiris Forest Division, Tamil Nadu.
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Red Panda
Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal and northern Arunachal Pradesh.
IUCN: Endangered
#UPSC
🔆Steppe eagle
Maharashtra state department proposes Mayani Lake cluster as Conservation Reserve
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Greater One-horned Rhino/Indian Rhino
90% of the population concentrated in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park
IUCN: Vulnerable
#TNPSC
🔆Peacock Parachute Spider or Gooty
Endemic to India.
The known habitat is in the Eastern Ghats
IUCN: Critically Endangered
🔆Crocodilians
➡️The Gharial or fish-eating crocodile
IUCN: Critically endangered
➡️Mugger
IUCN: Vulnerable
#Kubendranlive
🔆Turtles
A first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles was inaugurated in Bihar’s
Bhagalpur forest division in January 2020.
➡️Hawksbill Sea Turtle:
IUCN: Critically endangered
➡️Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Also is known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle.
Gahirmatha coast of Odisha is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley sea turtles in India. Other nesting sites:
i. Hope Island of Coringa
Wildlife Sanctuary (Andra
Pradesh)
ii. Gahirmatha beach (Odisha)
IUCN: Vulnerable
#KarpathuIAS
🔆Irrawaddy dolphin :
Irrawaddy dolphins recently sighted in Odisha’s
Chilika lake.
IUCN: Endangered
Ganges river dolphin
Can only live in freshwater and is essentially blind. India's national aquatic animal and is popularly known as ‘Susu’. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS) in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district is the only sanctuary solely for its conservation.
Conservation status:
IUCN: Endangered
Indus river dolphin
Found only in the main channel of the Indus River
IUCN: Endangered
@tnpscacademy
🔆Indian Star Tortoise
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary- the only rehabilitation centre for star tortoises in the country.
IUCN: Vulnerable
Elongated Tortoise
Also called the sal forest tortoise.
IUCN: Critically Endangered.
@Karpathuias
🔆Tokay gecko
Recently, India proposed it’s listing should
be moved from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I.
One of the largest geckos (Lizard) in the country and the world.
IUCN: Least concern
#Kubendranlive
🔆Indian Rosewood
India demands removal of rosewood from CITES.
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Pangolin :
the Indian Pangolin and the Chinese Pangolin are found in India.
The only scaly mammal on the planet.
The most illegally traded vertebrate within its class (Mammalia), according to CITES.
Indian Pangolin: Endangered
Chinese Pangolin: Critically
Endangered
🔆Lion-tailed macaque-
IUCN: Endangered
Endemic to the Western Ghats of India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu).
@tnpscsuccesses
🔆Asiatic lion
the Gir Forests in Gujarat is the only home of the Asiatic lion.
✅IUCN: Endangered
🔆Fishing cat
sundarban..himalaya foothills
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Malabar civet
TN/kerala
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆Northern River Terrapin
Species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia.
Second-most threatened turtle in the world.
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆🔆Hard ground swamp deer (Barasingha)
Madhya Pradesh, Utter Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Sangai (Brow antlered deer or dancing deer-
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Hangul (Kashmiri Stag)
Protected in Dachigam National Park. (j.k)
IUCN: Critically endangered
🔆Dhole (Asiatic Wild Dog)
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in the conservation of dhole in
India, according to a new study.
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Nilgiri Tahr
Rise in population in Mukurthi National Park.
It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Indian Gaur
first population estimation exercise of the Indian Gaur (Bison) was carried out in the Nilgiris Forest Division, Tamil Nadu.
IUCN: Vulnerable
🔆Red Panda
Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal and northern Arunachal Pradesh.
IUCN: Endangered
#UPSC
🔆Steppe eagle
Maharashtra state department proposes Mayani Lake cluster as Conservation Reserve
IUCN: Endangered
🔆Greater One-horned Rhino/Indian Rhino
90% of the population concentrated in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park
IUCN: Vulnerable
#TNPSC
🔆Peacock Parachute Spider or Gooty
Endemic to India.
The known habitat is in the Eastern Ghats
IUCN: Critically Endangered
🔆Crocodilians
➡️The Gharial or fish-eating crocodile
IUCN: Critically endangered
➡️Mugger
IUCN: Vulnerable
#Kubendranlive
🔆Turtles
A first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles was inaugurated in Bihar’s
Bhagalpur forest division in January 2020.
➡️Hawksbill Sea Turtle:
IUCN: Critically endangered
➡️Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Also is known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle.
Gahirmatha coast of Odisha is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley sea turtles in India. Other nesting sites:
i. Hope Island of Coringa
Wildlife Sanctuary (Andra
Pradesh)
ii. Gahirmatha beach (Odisha)
IUCN: Vulnerable
#KarpathuIAS
🔆Irrawaddy dolphin :
Irrawaddy dolphins recently sighted in Odisha’s
Chilika lake.
IUCN: Endangered
Ganges river dolphin
Can only live in freshwater and is essentially blind. India's national aquatic animal and is popularly known as ‘Susu’. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS) in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district is the only sanctuary solely for its conservation.
Conservation status:
IUCN: Endangered
Indus river dolphin
Found only in the main channel of the Indus River
IUCN: Endangered
@tnpscacademy
🔆Indian Star Tortoise
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary- the only rehabilitation centre for star tortoises in the country.
IUCN: Vulnerable
Elongated Tortoise
Also called the sal forest tortoise.
IUCN: Critically Endangered.
@Karpathuias
🔆Tokay gecko
Recently, India proposed it’s listing should
be moved from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I.
One of the largest geckos (Lizard) in the country and the world.
IUCN: Least concern
#Kubendranlive
🔆Indian Rosewood
India demands removal of rosewood from CITES.
IUCN: Vulnerable
Species in news Part.2/2
#UPSC
#TNPSC
@tnpscsuccesses
🔆Drosophila
A genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called “small fruit flies”.
@tnpscacademy
🔆Senna Spectabilis (invasive species)
The Kerala Government is planning to arrest the
rampant growth of Senna spectabilis, in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
(NBR), including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
🔆Smooth-coated Otter, Small-clawed otter :~
Distributed throughout the country from the Himalayas southward. :
IUCN: Vulnerable;
🔆Dugong or Sea Cow
Only strictly herbivorous marine mammal.
Habitat: In India: Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu,
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
IUCN: Vulnerable
@karpathuias
🔆Great Indian Bustard
Great Indian Bustard is likely to be included in the global list of top 10 migratory species facing
extinction under the UNEP’s Convention for Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) of Wild Animals.
COP13, 2020 Theme: ‘Migratory species connect the planet and we welcome them home’Mascot Great Indian Bustard.
Found in Rajasthan,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh ,Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
IUCN: Critically Endangered
🔆Clouded Leopard
Himalyan state
IUCN: Vulnerable
Snow leopard
IUCN: Vulnerable
#KarpathuIAS
🔆Cheetah
Introduction of African Cheetah from Namibia in India.
IUCN:
i. African Cheetah: Vulnerable
ii. Asiatic Cheetah: Critically
endangered
#Kubendranlive
#UPSC
#TNPSC
@tnpscsuccesses
🔆Drosophila
A genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called “small fruit flies”.
@tnpscacademy
🔆Senna Spectabilis (invasive species)
The Kerala Government is planning to arrest the
rampant growth of Senna spectabilis, in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
(NBR), including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
🔆Smooth-coated Otter, Small-clawed otter :~
Distributed throughout the country from the Himalayas southward. :
IUCN: Vulnerable;
🔆Dugong or Sea Cow
Only strictly herbivorous marine mammal.
Habitat: In India: Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu,
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
IUCN: Vulnerable
@karpathuias
🔆Great Indian Bustard
Great Indian Bustard is likely to be included in the global list of top 10 migratory species facing
extinction under the UNEP’s Convention for Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) of Wild Animals.
COP13, 2020 Theme: ‘Migratory species connect the planet and we welcome them home’Mascot Great Indian Bustard.
Found in Rajasthan,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh ,Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
IUCN: Critically Endangered
🔆Clouded Leopard
Himalyan state
IUCN: Vulnerable
Snow leopard
IUCN: Vulnerable
#KarpathuIAS
🔆Cheetah
Introduction of African Cheetah from Namibia in India.
IUCN:
i. African Cheetah: Vulnerable
ii. Asiatic Cheetah: Critically
endangered
#Kubendranlive
#KarpathuIAS
#UPSC
Expected cutoff for PRELIMS 2020 is around 96 marks for general category aspirants.
1. Cutoff is being decided on the basis of average marks of the candidates not on the basis of upper side marks.
2. CSAT is a also deciding factor this year. some are getting good marks in GS but failing in CSAT.
3. Attendance on the exam day was low as compared to other years.
#KarpathuIAS
#UPSC
Expected cutoff for PRELIMS 2020 is around 96 marks for general category aspirants.
1. Cutoff is being decided on the basis of average marks of the candidates not on the basis of upper side marks.
2. CSAT is a also deciding factor this year. some are getting good marks in GS but failing in CSAT.
3. Attendance on the exam day was low as compared to other years.
#KarpathuIAS
Forwarded from TNPSC வெற்றி (KGF Knowledge Growth Factor)
Forwarded from Kubendran Mohan
Rahul_panday_Administrative_Behaviour.pdf
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