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- The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) had contributed to 68% of the animal discoveries in 2021.
- Crocidura narcondamica, a white-toothed shrew from the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands, is the newly identified mammal species.
- Boiga whitakeri, also known as the Whitaker’s cat snake, was one of the remarkable reptiles found in 2021.
- It was found in Tamil Nadu’s Western Ghats.
- The order of insects known as the Hymenoptera was the source of the most new discoveries.
- It is accounting for 80 species, including one new genus.
- Hymenoptera includes sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
- According to the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), regions such as the Western Ghats and the north eastern regions have contributed 28% of the total discoveries.
- In State-wise analysis, the most number of discoveries were made from Kerala with 51 taxa.
- It is followed by Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh.
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