Manas River tiger, elephant, gaur ("Bos gaurus"), four rare species of golden langur ("Trachypithecus geei"), pygmy hog ("Sus salvanius"), hispid hare ("Caprolagus hispidus"), greater one-horned rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros unicornis") and wild Asiatic water buffalo ("Bubalus arnee"). There are 362 species of birds, out of which four species of hornbills (rufous-necked, wreathed, pied and great Indian) have been recorded. Apart from the Ganges river dolphin ("Platanista gangetica") other aquan species identified in the river are the deep bodied mahseer ("Tor tor"), golden mahseer ("Tor putitora"), and chocolate mahseer or katle ("Acrossocheilus hexangonolepis"). Five thousand people live within the park limits in several villages. Tigers,
Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1969 was largely an expansion of the Lacey Act of 1900. In 1969, it was amended to protect species beyond game and wild birds. It granted protection to amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, and crustaceans, groups previously unprotected by any U.S. law. It also expanded the maximum punishment for poaching to a possible $10,000 and up to a year of jail time. In addition, it established two lists into which endangered species could be sorted, foreign and domestic. The act then allowed for species on the domestic list to be given extra protection by United States agencies