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  2. Fauna of India - Wikipedia

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    The house crow and Indian jungle crow are some crow species in India. Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse is a sandgrouse found in India. There are several species of small mammals in India. These include the Asian house shrew, the northern and greater hog badger, the Chinese ferret-badger, the honey badger, the Indian pangolin, and the Chinese pangolin.

  3. Wildlife of India - Wikipedia

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    India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, [11] Indian rhinoceros, [12] and Gaur. [4] India is the only country where the big cats tiger and lion exist in the wild. Members of the cat family include Bengal tiger, [13] Asiatic lion, [14] Indian leopard, [15] snow leopard, [16] and clouded leopard. [17]

  4. Cold Desert (biosphere reserve) - Wikipedia

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    Several species of fauna that are on the Red List of IUCN as Critically Endangered Species are found here such as the snow leopard, Tibetan antelope and Himalayan wolf. [2] Other species of fauna include woolly hare, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan brown bear, red fox, Himalayan ibex, Himalayan marmot, Himalayan blue sheep, red billed chough ...

  5. Biogeographic classification of India - Wikipedia

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    The Himalayas consist of the youngest and loftiest mountain chains in the world. The 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) long Himalayan mountain arc have a unique biodiversity owing to their high altitude, steep gradient and rich temperate flora; [16] biogeographically, they form part of the Palearctic realm. The Himalayas have three biogeographical ...

  6. Himalayas - Wikipedia

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    Other large animal species found in the Himalayas include Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, and herbivores such as bharal, Himalayan tahr, takin, Himalayan serow, Himalayan musk deer, and Himalayan goral. Animals found at higher altitudes include brown bear, and the elusive snow leopard, which mainly feed on bharal. The red panda is found in ...

  7. List of endemic birds of the Himalayas - Wikipedia

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    Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) Himalayan shrike-babbler (Pteruthius ripleyi) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni) Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) [1]

  8. Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests - Wikipedia

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    It is a valuable ecosystem as many Himalayan birds and animals migrate seasonally up and down the mountains spending part of the year in the conifer forests, so conservation is a high priority. [2] This ecoregion is drier than the Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests, which receive more moisture from the Bay of Bengal monsoon.

  9. List of mammals of India - Wikipedia

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    This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few zoological specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are ...