• Forest owlet, which is endemic species of owl of Central India is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red list since 2018
| Species Name | Region Found | IUCN Status (Since) | Notable Facts |
| Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) | Central India (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra) | Endangered (2018) | Thought extinct for over a century; rediscovered in 1997. |
| Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) | Andhra Pradesh (Eastern Ghats) | Critically Endangered | Nocturnal bird; extremely rare and elusive. |
| Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) | Western Ghats (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) | Endangered | Arboreal primate; faces habitat fragmentation. |
| Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) | Western Ghats (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) | Endangered | Mountain ungulates; population declining due to habitat loss. |
| Malabar Civet (Viverra civettina) | Western Ghats (Kerala) | Critically Endangered | Possibly extinct; last confirmed sighting decades ago. |
| Kashmir Stag (Hangul) (Cervus hanglu hanglu) | Jammu & Kashmir (Dachigam National Park) | Critically Endangered | Only surviving subspecies of Red Deer in India. |
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