Endemic
From Wild India
Endemic animals and birds are species that are found only locally and are found no where else in the world.
The endemism of Indian biodiversity is highly determined primarily in the North-East, Western Ghats, North-West Himalaya and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
- Of the 49,219 plant species, 5150 are endemic and distributed into 141 genera under 47 families corresponding to about 30% of the world's recorded flora, which means 30% of the world's recorded flora is endemic to India. Of these endemic species, 3,500 are found in the Himalayas and adjoining regions and 1600 in the Western Ghats alone.
- About 62% of the known amphibian species are endemic with the majority occurring in the Western Ghats.
- Nearly 50% of the lizards of India are endemic with a high degree of endemicity in the Western Ghats.
- There are 42 species of Endemic birds in India out of which 35 are found in Western ghats.
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Endemic Mammals
- Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
- Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johni)
- Brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni)
- Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius)
