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This List of ants of India is a list and index to the species of ants found in India.

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This is a list of the bird species of India and includes extant and recently extinct species recorded within the political limits of the Republic of India as defined by the Indian government are known to have 1349 species as of 2019, of which 78 are endemic to the country. 212 species are globally threatened. The Indian peafowl is the national bird of India. This list does not cover species in Indian jurisdiction areas such as Dakshin Gangotri and oceanic species are delineated by an arbitrary cutoff distance. The list does not include fossil bird species or escapees from captivity.

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The following is a list of the dragonflies and damselflies found in India.

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This is a list of endemic birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones.

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This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few zoological specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within cities in the close proximity of humans. They range in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew to the Asian elephant. They include nocturnal small mammals endemic to India such as the Malabar large-spotted civet. While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger, dhole, and Malabar large-spotted civet are some of the most endangered carnivore species. Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species has its last stronghold within India. The Asiatic cheetah was extirpated in India in the 1950s.

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The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India.

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The following is a list of the moths of India. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 species of moths exist in India.

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This is a list of the spiders found in India and is based on Siliwal, Molur and Biswas (2005).