Biodiversity in India
India, a mega-diverse country with only 2.4% of the world's land area, accounts for 7-8% of all recorded species, including species of plants and animals.India has 24.56% of its geographical area under forest and tree cover.
- There are about 45,000 species of plants, which is about 7% of world's total. About 33% of these are endemic. There are 91,000 animal species, representing about 6.5% of world's fauna. These include 60,000 insect species, 2,456 fish species, 1,230 bird species, 372 mammals, over 440 reptiles and 200 amphibians with largest concentration in Western Ghats and 500 molluscs.
- In terms of species richness, India ranks ....
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