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Diversity in India• India has a rich and varied heritage of

biodiversity

• India figured with two of the 34 hotspots - the Western Ghats and the Eastern Himalayas

• With a mere 2.4% of the world's area, India accounts for 7.31% of the global faunal total with a faunal species count of 89,451 species (MoEF, 1999)




Insects




Butterflies




Spiders




Amphibians




Reptiles




Reptiles




Water Birds

Bar-headed Goose Greater Flamingoes




Water birds




Deccan Plateau –Birds

Yellow-throated BulbulWhite-headed Babbler Follow us onwww.facebook.com/greenyatrawww.twitter.com/greenyatra







Coastal birds





Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed ParakeetFollow us onwww.facebook.com/greenyatrawww.twitter.com/greenyatra



Sparrows




Mammals




Floristic Diversity: India-WorldTaxa Species:

India Species:World

Percentage of India to the world

Bacteria 850 4000 21.25% Fungi 14,500 72000 20.14%

Pteridophyta 1100 13000 8.46% Gymnosperms 64 750 8.53 %

Angiosperms 17500 250000 7%




Faunistic Diversity: India-WorldTaxa Species:

IndiaSpecies: World

Percentage of India to the World

Pisces 2546 21723 11.72

Amphibia 209 5150 4.06

Reptilia 456 5817 7.84

Aves 1232 9026 13.66

Mamalia 390 4629 8.42Follow us onwww.facebook.com/greenyatrawww.twitter.com/greenyatra



Crop Diversity•I ndia is a center of crop diversity - thehomeland of 167 cultivated species and 320wild relatives of crop plants.•There are 167 crop species and wildrelatives.•I ndia is considered to be the center of originof 30,000-50,000 varieties of rice, pigeon-pea, mango, turmeric, ginger, sugarcane,gooseberries etc.•Ranks seventh in terms of contribution toworld agriculture.




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