Biodiversity hotspots of India | Free PDF Download

Published on 28 October 2021 by

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India has 4 biodiversity hotspots which are:

  • Himalayas: Includes the entire Indian Himalayan region (and that falling in Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar)
  • Indo-Burma: Includes entire North-eastern India, except Assam and Andaman group of Islands (and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and southern China)
  • Sundalands: Includes Nicobar group of Islands (and Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines)
  • Western Ghats and Sri Lanka: Includes entire Western Ghats (and Sri Lanka)

Himalayas

Geographical extent
750,000 km² spanning Indian states of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Kashmir

Species diversity and Endemism

Taxonomic GroupSpeciesEndemism (%)
Plants10,00031.6
Mammals3004
Birds9771.5
Reptiles17627.3
Amphibians10540.0
Freshwater Fishes26912.3

Important species

Animals: Asian elephant, Snow leopard, Ganges River dolphin, Red panda, Bengal tiger, Greater one-horned rhino, Golden langur, Pygmy hog
Birds: White-winged duck, White-bellied heron, Bengal florican
Plants: Coptis teeta, Gymnocladus assamicus, Illicium griffithii, Lilium polyphyllum, Nardostachys jatamansi

Indo-Burma

2,373,057 km2 covering Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura

Species diversity and Endemism

Taxonomic GroupSpeciesEndemism (%)
Plants13,50051.9
Mammals43316.9
Birds1,2665.1
Reptiles52239.1
Amphibians28653.8
Freshwater Fishes1,26243.8

Indo-Burma is one of the most threatened biodiversity hotspots, due to the rate of resource
exploitation and habitat loss. Only about 5% of natural habitats remain in relatively pristine
condition, with another 10 to 25% of the land in damaged, but ecologically functional, condition.

Important species

Animals: Saola, Eld’s deer, Cat Ba langur, Fishing cat, Large-antlered Muntjac, the Annamite Muntjac, the Grey-shanked Douc, the Annamite Striped Rabbit, the Leaf Dee
Birds: Giant ibis, Spoonbilled sandpiper, Red-headed vulture and white-rumped vulture, Sarus crane
Freshwater fishes: Irrawaddy dolphin, Mekong giant catfish, Giant carp, Golden carp
Plants: Dendrobium, Paphiopedilum, Aquilaria

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