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Richness of threatened species 2024
October 22 , 2024
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- Biologists created a GIS-based database of 512 species of fauna for the study — ‘Village Level Distribution Mapping of Threatened Fauna of the Western Ghats’.
- With 98 species, Tamil Nadu’s Valparai is at the top of the list of 7,630 villages in the Western Ghats in terms richness of threatened species.
- The list included 133 species of fishes, 81 species of birds, 91 species of reptiles, 79 species of amphibians, 47 species of insects, 37 species of mammals and etc.
- Out of the 512 species, 27 were Critically Endangered, 131 Endangered, 117 Vulnerable, and 88 Near Threatened species, and the rest of the species were of Least Concern, Data Deficient, or Not Evaluated.
- Valparai, a hill station in Coimbatore district, topped the list with 98 species.
- It is followed by Kannan Devan Hills in Kerala (83), Greater Bombay (69), Kuttampuzha (64), Pariyaram (61), and Kumily (57) in Kerala.
- State-wise, Kerala topped the list with 354 species of threatened fauna, followed by Tamil Nadu (274), Karnataka (237), Maharashtra (171), Goa (104), and Gujarat (37).
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