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Sarva-bhauma represents the North, the quarter of Kubera. His mate is Tāmrakarna. Supratika represents the North-east direction, the quarter of Soma. Anjanavati is believed to be the wife of Supratika. Four names are given in the Ramayana 1.41: Viru-paksha - East; Maha-padma - South; Saumanas - West; Bhadra - North
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 13.1. This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention.
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London; Prater, S. H. (1971). The Book of Indian Animals. Oxford University Press. (Third edition 1997) Talmale, S. S.; Pradhan, M. S. (2009). A Checklist of Valid Indian Bat Species (Chiroptera: Mammalia) (PDF).
These extinctions are thought to have been after the arrival of modern humans on the Indian subcontinent. Ostriches were also formerly native to India, but also became extinct during the Late Pleistocene. [9] [10] India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, [11] Indian rhinoceros, [12] and Gaur. [4]
Indian bullfrog, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin, 1802) Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887) Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870) Limnonectes khasianus (Anderson, 1871) Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838) Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882) Limnonectes limborgi (Sclater, 1892) Limnonectes mawlyndipi (Chanda, 1990)
All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. In Indian culture, names hold profound significance and play a crucial role in an individual's life. The importance of names is deeply rooted in the country's diverse and ancient cultural heritage.