India: Wildlife & Biodiversity Hotspots


  • India is one of the 12th mega bio-diversity countries of the world.  
  •  With approximately 47,000 plant species, India  ranks 4th  in Asia and 10th  in the world (in terms of plant diversity). 
  •  India has about 15,000 species of flowering plants and contributes 6 percent to world’s total flowering plants. 
  • India has about 90,000 species of animals.



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