“India is rich in its fauna”. Explain the statement with examples.
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Like its flora, India is also rich in its fauna.
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It has approximately
90,000 animal species
. The country has near about
2,000 species of birds.
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They constitute 13 percent of the world’s total. There are
2,546 species of fish,
which account for nearly 12 percent of the world’s stock.
- It also shares between 5 and 8 percent of the world‘s amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
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