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India has an estimated 92,873 species of fauna, roughly about 7.5% of the species available worldwide. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Insects form the major category with 63423 recorded species. India is home to 423 mammals , 1233 birds , 526 reptiles , 342 amphibians , 3022 fish apart from other species which form 7.6% of mammal, 14.7% of amphibian, 6% of bird ...
Pages in category "Fauna of the Himalayas" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
Toggle List of species subsection. 1.1 Western Himalayan endemics. 1.2 Central Himalayan endemics. ... The following species are almost wholly confined to the ...
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.
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 ...
India’s diverse landscape of towering mountain ranges, lush tropical jungles, wetlands, grasslands and deserts make it a microcosm of almost every environment on earth. Join us as we discover ...
The black-necked crane (trhung-trhung) is a rare species found scattered in the Tibetan Plateau, and is also found nesting in summer in parts of Ladakh. Other birds include the raven , red-billed chough ( chungka ), Tibetan snowcock and chukar (a partridge, srakpa ). [ 1 ]
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 ...