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Animal and Plant Discoveries 2019
October 14 , 2020
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- Scientists have discovered at least 364 new species of animals and 253 new species of plants from India in 2019.
- While these 364 animal species were unknown to humans.
- Another 116 species of animals, which were earlier found elsewhere in the world, but not recorded from India previously.
- Out of the 364 new species that have been discovered, four are fossil species.
- Another four sub-species have been discovered.
- The maximum numbers of species that have been discovered are of insects.
- With the new animal discoveries, India now has 102,161 species of animals.
- This is around 6.52 percent of the global share.
- More than 50,000 species of plants have also been identified from the country.
- The list of discoveries was published in the form of two books by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Botanical Survey India.
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