Write a short note on the diversity of flora and fauna in India.

India has variety of flora and fauna Such as:
1. 89 National Parks, 490 Wildlife sanctuaries and Zoological Gardens are set up to take care of Natural habitat of the fauna. There are 14 biosphere reserves too.
2. Five different types of vegetation cover are found here which ranges from rainforest to thorny bushes as well as snow clad alpine vegetation.
3. India is rich in its fauna. It has approximately 90,000 of animal species. The country has about2,000 species of birds. They constitute 13% of the world’s total. There are 2,546 species of fish, which account for nearly 12% of the world’s stock. It also shares between 5 to 8 per cent of the world amphibians, reptiles and mammals.
4. The elephants are found in the hot wet forests of Assam, Karnataka and Kerala.
5. One-horned rhinoceroses live in swampy and marshy lands of Assam and West Bengal.
6. Arid areas of the Rann of Kachchh and the Thar Desert are the habitat for wild ass and camels. Indian bison, nilgai (blue bull), chousingha (four horned antelope), gazel and different species of deer are some other animals found in India.
7. India is the only country in the world that has both tigers and lions.
8. Ladakh’s freezing high altitudes are a home to yak, the shaggy horned wild ox weighing around one tonne, the Tibetan antelope, the bharal (blue sheep), wild sheep, and the kiang (Tibetan wild ass).
9. In the rivers, lakes and coastal areas, turtles, crocodiles and gharials are found.
10. Peacocks, pheasants, ducks, parakeets, cranes and pigeons are some of the birds inhabiting the forests and wetlands of the country.

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