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Species Extinction in India
July 28 , 2019
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- The Ministry of Environment has notified that 4 species of fauna and 18 species of flora have gone extinct in India in the past few centuries.
Fauna
- Among mammals, the following are considered extinct in India:
- Cheetah - Acionyx jubatus
- Sumatran rhinoceros - Dicerorhinus sumatrensisi
- Pink-headed duck - Rhodonessa caryophyllaceai
- Himalayan quail - Ophrysia supercililios
- India has about 6.49% of all the fauna species in the world.
Flora
- 18 species of plants — 4 non-flowering and 14 flowering plants have gone extinct.
- Notable ones:
- A fern from Manipur - Lastreopsis wattii
- Three species from the genus Ophiorrhiza (Ophiorrhiza brunonis, Ophiorrhiza caudate and Ophiorrhiza radican)
- India is home to 11.5% of all flora in the world.
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