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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Western Ghats' has mentioned 'Species' in the following places:
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| It has over 7,402 species of flowering plants, 1,814 species of non-flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species, 179 amphibian species, 6,000 insects species, and 290 freshwater fish species. | WIKI |
| It is likely that many undiscovered species live in the Western Ghats. | WIKI |
| The South Western Ghats montane rain forests are the most species-rich ecoregion in peninsular India; eighty percent of the flowering plant species of the entire Western Ghats range are found in this ecoregion. | WIKI |
| Species that are rare, endemic and habitat specialists are more adversely affected and tend to be lost faster than other species. | WIKI |
| Complex and species rich habitats like the tropical rainforest are much more adversely affected than other habitats. | WIKI |
| The area covers five percent of India's land; 27% of all species of higher plants in India (4,000 of 15,000 species) are found here and 1,800 of these are endemic to the region. | WIKI |
| The range is home to at least 84 amphibian species, 16 bird species, seven mammals, and 1,600 flowering plants which are not found elsewhere in the world. | WIKI |
| The Western Ghats are home to thousands of animal species including at least 325 globally threatened species. | WIKI |
| There are at least 139 mammal species. | WIKI |
| The amphibians of the Western Ghats are diverse and unique, with more than 80% of the 179 amphibian species being endemic to the rainforests of the mountains. | WIKI |
| New frog species were described from the Western Ghats in 2005, and more recently a new species, monotypic of its genus Mysticellus, was discovered. | WIKI |
| [52][53] The region is also home to many caecilian species. | WIKI |
| There are many species of amphibians which are yet to be discovered at every elevation of the Western Ghats. | WIKI |
| As of 2004[update], 288 freshwater fish species were listed for the Western Ghats, including 35 also known from brackish or marine water. | WIKI |
| [11] Several new species have been described from the region since then (e.g., Dario urops and S. | WIKI |
| There is a higher fish richness in the southern part of the Western Ghats than in the northern,[57] and the highest is in the Chalakudy River, which alone holds 98 species. | WIKI |
| [58] Other rivers with high species numbers include the Periyar, Bharatapuzha, Pamba and Chaliyar, as well as upstream tributaries of the Kaveri, Pambar, Bhavani and Krishna rivers. | WIKI |
| [57] The most species rich families are the Cyprinids (72 species), hillstream loaches (34 species; including stone loaches, now regarded a separate family), Bagrid catfishes (19 species) and Sisorid catfishes (12 species). | WIKI |
| [11][57][58] The region is home to several brilliantly coloured ornamental fishes like the Denison (or red line torpedo) barb,[59] melon barb, several species of Dawkinsia barbs, zebra loach, Horabagrus catfish, dwarf pufferfish and dwarf Malabar pufferfish. | WIKI |
| [60] The rivers are also home to Osteobrama bakeri, and larger species such as the Malabar snakehead and Malabar mahseer. | WIKI |
| According to the IUCN, 97 freshwater fish species from the Western Ghats were considered threatened in 2011, including 12 critically endangered, 54 endangered and 31 vulnerable. | WIKI |
| An additional 26 species from the region are considered data deficient (their status is unclear at present). | WIKI |
| There are at least 508 bird species. | WIKI |
| Most of Karnataka's five hundred species of birds are from the Western Ghats region. | WIKI |
| [65][66] There are at least 16 species of birds endemic to the Western Ghats including the endangered rufous-breasted laughingthrush, the vulnerable Nilgiri wood-pigeon, white-bellied shortwing and broad-tailed grassbird, the near threatened grey-breasted laughingthrush, black-and-rufous flycatcher, Nilgiri flycatcher, and Nilgiri pipit, and the least concern Malabar (blue-winged) parakeet, Malabar grey hornbill, white-bellied treepie, grey-headed bulbul, rufous babbler, Wayanad laughingthrush, white-bellied blue-flycatcher and the crimson-backed sunbird. | WIKI |
| There are roughly 6,000 insect species. | WIKI |
| [68] Of 334 Western Ghats butterfly species, 316 species have been reported from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. | WIKI |
| [69] The Western Ghats are home to 174 species of odonates (107 dragonflies and 67 damselflies), including 69 endemics. | WIKI |
| [57] There are several species of leeches found all along the Western Ghats. | WIKI |
| The Western Ghats have 67 species of damselflies. | WIKI |
| Seasonal rainfall patterns of the Western Ghats necessitate a period of dormancy for its land snails, resulting in their high abundance and diversity including at least 258 species of gastropods from 57 genera and 24 families. | WIKI |
| [71] A total of 77 species of freshwater molluscs (52 gastropods and 25 bivalves) have been recorded from the Western Ghats, but the actual number is likely higher. | WIKI |
| [57] According to the IUCN, 4 species of freshwater molluscs are considered endangered and 3 are vulnerable. | WIKI |
| An additional 19 species are considered data deficient. | WIKI |
| Of the 7,402 species of flowering plants occurring in the Western Ghats, 5,588 species are native or indigenous and 376 are exotics naturalised; 1,438 species are cultivated or planted as ornamentals. | WIKI |
| Among the indigenous species, 2,253 species are endemic to India and of them, 1,273 species are exclusively confined to the Western Ghats. | WIKI |
| Apart from 593 confirmed subspecies and varieties; 66 species, 5 subspecies and 14 varieties of doubtful occurrence are also reported, amounting to 8,080 taxa of flowering plants. | WIKI |
| At least 325 globally threatened (IUCN Red Data List) species occur in the Western Ghats. | UNESCO |
| The globally threatened flora and fauna in the Western Ghats are represented by 229 plant species, 31 mammal species, 15 bird species, 43 amphibian species, 5 reptile species and 1 fish species. | UNESCO |
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| In particular, the level of endemicity for some of the 4-5,000 plant species recorded in the Ghats is very high: of the nearly 650 tree species found in the Western Ghats, 352 (54%) are endemic. | UNESCO |
| Animal diversity is also exceptional, with amphibians (up to 179 species, 65% endemic), reptiles (157 species, 62% endemic), and fishes (219 species, 53% endemic). | UNESCO |
| A number of flagship mammals occur in the property, including parts of the single largest population of globally threatened xe2x80x98landscapexe2x80x99 species such as the Asian Elephant, Gaur and Tiger. | UNESCO |
| The justification for developing a serial approach rather than just identifying one large protected area to represent the biodiversity of the Western Ghats is due to the high degree of endemism, meaning that species composition from the very north of the mountains to 1,600km south varies greatly, and no one site could tell the story of the richness of these mountains. | UNESCO |
| [tb5]xc2xa0The 39 component parts grouped into 7 sub-clusters together reflect the Outstanding Universal Value of the property and capture the range of biological diversity and species endemism in this vast landscape. | UNESCO |