Simplifying UPSC IAS Preparation
PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 Indian crested porcupine (Indian porcupine) and Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific Indian crested porcupine (Indian porcupine) lIt is a rodent native to southern Asia and the Middle East Least concerned – IUCN Habitat species has a broad habitat tolerance, occupying rocky hillsides, tropical and temperate shrubland, grasslands, forests, arable …
PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 Capped langur and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) Capped langur Vulnerable – IUCN Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act Appendix I in CITES primate in the family Cercopithecidae Habitat subtropical or tropical dry forests. Range : found in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar Threats human …
PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 Gee’s golden langur and International Seabed Authority (ISA) Gee’s golden langur Endangered — IUCN Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) CITES Appendix I Habitat found in moist evergreen, dipterocarp, riverine, and moist deciduous forest Range of distribution are very small. These are confined to western Assam and in …
PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 Ganges shark and Commonwealth of Nations Ganges shark critically endangered – IUCN Schedule I species shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra River of Bangladesh and India The genus is currently considered to contain three recent species Borneo river shark Irrawaddy river shark Ganges shark Habitat …
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PRELIMS BOOSTER 2018 Namdapha Flying Squirrel and International Civil Aviation Organization Namdapha Flying Squirrel critically endangered — IUCN It is arboreal and nocturnal restricted to a single valley in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh Habitat dry deciduous montane forests occupying moist forest tracts along streams Threats Poaching of animals for food …
