WILDLIFE
Wildlife of India 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 bird , 6.2% of reptilian , and 6.0% of flowering plant species. 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 three of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots – the Western Ghats , the Eastern Himalayas , and the Indo-Burma hotspot.It is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries . The ...