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Flora and Fauna in India |
The country of India apart from being adorned with the fantabuluous monuments as well as structures is also graced with the historical sites as well as the cultural sites. The fact that it offers mind-blowing opportunities as far as dining, shopping as well as activities re concerned is responsible for the popularity of this country.
Regarding the Flora and Fauna in India it could be said that this country boasts of a diverse flaura and fauna. It is to be noted here that since this country lies within the Indomalaya ecozone (one of the eight ecozones that covers the land surface of the planet and extends mostly across the South and the Southeast Asia and also into the southern parts of the East Asia) it boasts of a great biodiversity. It could be said for this reason that this country is the home to 7.6 percent of mammals of the world, 12.6 percent of the avian of the world, 6.2 percent of the entire reptilian, 4.4 percent of the entire amphibian, 11.7 percent of all the fish of the world and 6.0 percent of the flowering plant species.
It is required to mention here that the forest cover of India ranges from the tropical rainforest of the Andaman Islands, North ?East India and Western Ghats to the coniferous forest of the Himalaya. Amidst this range, lies the moist deciduous forest of the Eastern India, the dry deciduous forest of the Central as well as of the Southern India and the thorn forest of the Central Deccan as well as of the Western Gangetic Plain.
As far as the fauna of India is concerned, it could be said that only 12.6 percent of the mammals and only 4.5 percent of the birds are endemic and the fauna also includes in itself 55.8 percent amphibians and the reptiles make up 45.8 percent. India also provides shelter to 2.9 percent of the threatened species that includes in itself the Bengal Tiger the Asiatic Lion and the White Rumped Vulture.
The site India-and-hotels.com provides the necessary required information on Flora and Fauna in India.
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