India becomes first nation to prepare full list of fauna

 India has prepared a comprehensive list of animal species that exist in India. With this, India has become the only country to make a checklist of entire national fauna. The list covers 1,04,561 species. On the occasion of the 109th Foundation Day of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the “Fauna of India Checklist Portal”. The document comprises 121 checklists of all known taxa, covering 36 phyla. The list also includes endemic, threatened and scheduled species.