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The Bengal tiger is named after the Indian province of Bengal and is primarily found in India. Bengal tigers live in the forests, hills and mountainous regions of India. They are found in the tropical rainforests of southern India, as well as mangrove swamps, open grasslands and dried forests or scrub land.

In Bishnoi villages in Rajasthan, herds of blackbucks, peacocks and nilgai are seen as an integral part of the community and nobody harms them. Bishnoi community is known for protecting the blackbucks.

The Bharatpur bird sanctuary is also named as Keoladeo National Park. This sanctuary is situated at Bharatpur in Rajasthan and extends in an area of 29 sq. km. It is a sanctuary meant for various bird fauna.

Among the given options, India Rhino is an endangered animal. In 2012, the IUCN Red List included 3079 animal and 2655 plant species as endangered (EN) worldwide. 

• The species which are not found after searching known areas where they may occur is said to have undergone extinction. 
  
• Extinction in biology or ecology means end of organism or group of organisms.
  
• Some of the animals that faced extinction are woolly mammoth, stellar sea cow, dodo etc.
  

Sunderban national park is located at the south-eastern tip of the 24 Paragana district in the state of West Bengal. It got its name from one of the mangrove plants known as Sundari. The Sundarbans are a part of the world's largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. Sundarban is a vast area covering 4262 square kms in India alone, with a larger portion in Bangladesh. 2585 sq. kms of the Indian Sundarban forms the largest Tiger Reserve and National Park in India. 

IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature. It works for the conservation of nature and the sustainable use of natural resources. It was founded by Julian Huxley in the year 1948. Its headquarter is located at Gland in Switzerland. 

• Himalayan Brown bear is a rare species found in Northern India and some parts of Pakistan.
• It is classified as critically endangered species in IUCN Red Book.
• The population of Himalayan brown bear is believed to have increased to 200.
• It is also known as "Dzu-The".
  

 India is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of its vast array of biological diversity, and has nearly 8 per cent of the total number of species in the world (estimated to be 1.6 million). Over 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora are found in this country so far. Of the estimated 47,000 plant species, about 15,000 flowering species are endemic (indigenous) to India.

• Enrichment plantation is the commercially valuable species planted extensively.
• Teak is the most popular enrichment plantation in South India.
• Teak plantation done extensively during the British Raj.
• Enrichment plantation impacts other species' survival.