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The Bengal tiger and the 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 vulnerable and protected species.[4] Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India.[5] The Indian wolf is an endangered subspecies of grey wolf.[6] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years.[7][8]
India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population[9] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population.[10]
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State-wise data
- The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India.[11]
- The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
- The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
- The state of Gujarat is the only state with 100% of Asiatic lion population in the world.[12]
- Information of the states Punjab, Haryana, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir are missing.
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