Identified 26 priority species for Conservation Breeding Programme
S.
No.
Name of the Species
IUCN
Status
Wild Life
Protection Act,
1972 Status
No. of animals in
the captivity
Founder
availability in
the wild
Founder
availability in
captivity
Pygmy hog (Sus salvanius)
Distribution
in the wild
(past &
present)
5
1
5
5
4
2
2
White backed vulture
4
5
5
5
3
Long billed vulture
4
5
5
4
Slender billed vulture
4
5
5
Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
4
6
Hangul (Cervus elaphus
hanglu)
Golden langur
(Trachypithecus geei)
Musk deer (Moschus
chrysogaster)
Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock
leuconedys),
Clouded leopard (Panthera
nebulosa)
Snow leopard (Panthera
uncia)
Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros
unicornis)
Indian Pangolin (Manis
crassicaudata )
Thamin deer (Cervus eldii)
Western tragopan (Tragopan
melanocephalus)
Phayre's leaf monkey
(Trachypithecus phayrei)
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Threats
Overall
rating
3
Information
on Breeding Biology
& Husbandry
protocol
2
3
29
2
3
2
3
29
5
2
3
2
3
29
5
5
2
3
2
3
29
5
5
5
2
3
2
2
28
5
5
5
5
2
1
2
3
28
4
4
5
5
2
3
2
3
28
4
4
5
5
2
3
2
3
28
4
4
5
4
2
3
2
3
27
4
3
5
5
2
3
2
3
27
4
4
5
5
2
2
2
3
27
4
3
5
4
2
3
2
3
26
4
2
5
5
2
3
2
3
26
5
4
5
2
2
3
2
3
26
4
4
5
4
2
3
2
2
26
4
2
5
5
2
3
2
3
26
S.
No.
Name of the Species
17
Crab eating monkey
(Macaca fascicularis)
Nilgiri langur
(Semnopithecus johnii)
Wild ass (Equus hemionus
khur)
Wild buffalo (Buballus
bubalis)
Lion tailed monkey (Macaca
silenus)
Blyth’s tragopan (Tragopan
blythii)
Sun bear (Helarctos
malayanus)
Markhor (Capra falconeri)
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Painted roof turtle (Kachuga
kachuga)
Hume’s pheasant
(Syrmaticus humiae humaie)
Distribution
in the wild
(past &
present)
5
IUCN
Status
Wild Life
Protection Act,
1972 Status
No. of animals in
the captivity
Founder
availability in
the wild
Founder
availability in
captivity
Threats
Overall
rating
3
Information
on Breeding Biology
& Husbandry
protocol
2
1
5
5
2
3
26
4
3
5
4
2
3
2
3
26
3
4
5
5
2
3
2
2
26
4
4
5
5
2
1
2
3
26
3
4
5
3
2
3
2
3
25
4
3
5
5
2
1
2
3
25
4
3
5
5
2
1
2
3
25
5
4
5
5
2
1
1
2
25
4
4
5
5
2
1
2
2
25
5
2
5
5
2
2
2
2
25