10 Critically Endangered Animals of India: Quick Facts

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Great Indian bustard

Bengal florican

Red-crowned roofed turtle

A gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) with a long, narrow snout rests on a sandy riverbank beside the water.

Cave dancing frog

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