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:India is home to a large variety of animals. It is a biodiversity hotspot with its various ecosystems ranging from the Himalayas in the north to the evergreen rain-forests in the south, the desert sands of the west to the marshy mangroves of the east. India, lying within the Indomalayan realm, is home to about 7.6% of mammal, 14.7% of amphibian, 6% of avian (bird), 6.2% of reptilian, and 6.0% of flowering plant species.[1] India's forest lands nurture about 500 species of mammals and 2000+ bird species. This richness of Indian wildlife has been celebrated since time immemorial. Four of India’s national symbols consist India’s mammals.
India is one of the most biodiverse regions of the world and contains four[2] of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots[3] – the Western Ghats, the Eastern Himalayas, the Indo-Burmaland and Sunda Land.[4] It is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries. The country has seven Natural World Heritage sites, eleven Biosphere Reserves in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves and twenty six Ramsar Wetlands. According to one study, India along with the sixteen other megadiverse countries is home to about 60-70% of the world's biodiversity.[5]
India is the only country in the world where lions and tigers coexist in the wild. It has the largest deer as well as tiger population. Indigenous to the subcontinent are the unique species such as the Indian Sloth Bear, the Chausinga antelope and the majestic Barasinga. It is home to Bengal and Indochinese tiger, Asiatic lions, Indian and Indochinese leopards, snow leopards, clouded leopards, various species of Deer, including Chital, Hangul, Barasingha; the Indian Elephant, the Great Indian Rhinoceros, and many others.[6][7] The region's diverse wildlife is preserved in more than 103 national parks, 18 Bio-reserves and more than 535 wildlife sanctuaries across the country. Wildlife management is essential to preserve the rare and endangered endemic species
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