Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

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Table.1. Faunal diversity and endemism in A and N Islands (updated 2009) Animal Group No. of species/ subspecies Terrestrial and freshwater No. of endemics(species/ subspecies) % Endemism within groups Protozoa (Parasitic and Symbiotic) 9 2 100 Mollusca (Land & Freshwater) 152 100 65.8 Annelida 30 7 23.3 Arthropoda/ Insecta Collembola 8 - - Ephemeroptera 1 1 100 Odonata 59 11 18.6 Orthoptera 96 16 16.6 Phasmida 5 - - Dermaptera 14 8 57.0 Embioptera 2 - - Balattaria 15 1 6.6 Mantodea 5 2 40.0 Isoptera 38 21 55.3 Phthiraptera 4 - - Hemiptera 265 46 17.35 Thysanoptera 29 2 6.9 Neuroptera 13 3 23.0 Coleoptera 585 191 32.6 Siphonoptera 2 - - Diptera 259 47 18.1 Lepidoptera 896 210 23.4 Trichoptera 24 17 70.8 Hymenoptera 186 28 15.0 Total Insecta 2506 604 24.10 Arachnida 94 10 10.6 Myriapoda 17 - - Chelopoda 5 2 40.0 Pisces (Fishes) 13 1 7.6 Amphibia 17 6 35.3 Reptilia 64 32 50.0 Aves 270 90 33.3 Mammalia 43 19 41.1 Total Terrestrial fauna 3212 872 27.14 Marine Fauna Porifera 75 19 25.3 Kinorhyncha 1 1 100 Cnidaria Hydrozoa 19 2 10.5 Anthozoa 432 12 2.8 Polychaeta 184 4 2.2 Pycnogonida 8 1 12.5 Sipuncula 29 - - 4
Phylum : VERTEBRATA Class : Mammalia Order : Soricomorpha Family : SORICIDAE Subfamily : Crocidurinae Crustacea 858 16 1.86 Mollusca 1282 128 10.0 Echinodermata 425 - - Pisces (Fishes) 1358 2 0.14 Reptilia 14 - - Mammalia 3 - - Meiofauna 486 60 12.3 Total 5174 245 4.73 Total Faunal Species 8386 1117 13.31 1.Crocidura andamanensis Miller 2.Crocidura hispida Thomas 3.Crocidura jenkinsi Chakraborty 4.Crocidura nicobarica Muller Order : Scandentia Family : TUPIIDAE Subfamily : Tupiinae 5.Tupaia nicobarica nicobarica (Zelebor) 6. Tupaia nicobarica surda Miller Order : Chiroptera Suborder : Megachiroptera Family : PTEROPODIDAE Subfamily : Pteropodinae Systematic List of Endemic species/subspecies of A and N Islands 7.Cynopterus brachyotis brachysoma (Muller) 8.Pteropus faunulus Miller 9.Pteropus melanotus melanotus (Blyth) Family : RHINOLOPHIDAE Subfamily : Rhinolophinae 10.Rhinolophus cognatus Anderson Subfamily : Hipposiderinae 11.Hipposideros diadema nicobarensis (Goeffroy) 12.Hipposideros ater nicobarulae (Templeton) Order : Rodentia Suborder : Sciurognathi Family : MURIDAE Subfamily : Murinae 13.Rattus burrus (Miller) 14.Rattus palmarum (Zelebor) 15.Rattus stoicus (Miller) Order : Artiodactyla Family : SUIDAE 16. Sus scrofa andamanensis Linnaeus 17. Sus scrofa nicobaricus Miller Order : Primates Family : CERCOPITHECIDAE 18. Macaca fascicularis umbrosus (Raffles) Order : Carnivora Family : VIVERIDAE 19. Paguma larvata tytlerii (Tytler) 5
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Page 5: the sea and copious rainfall during
Page 9 and 10: 52. Picoides macei andamanensis (Bl
Page 11 and 12: 11. Acmaea inconspicua (Gray) 12. A
Page 13 and 14: Family : PSEUDOVERMETIDAE 97. Pseud
Page 15 and 16: 28. Pupina nicobarica Pfeiffer Fami
Page 17 and 18: Superfamily : Tettigonoidea Family
Page 19 and 20: 26. Pulvinaria avasthi Yusuf and Sh
Page 21 and 22: 35. Dialytes punctatus Schmidt 36.
Page 23 and 24: 131. Nupserha andamanica Breuning 1
Page 25 and 26: Family : SYRPHIDAE 35. Eurmerus nic
Page 27 and 28: 79. Lasippa ebusa ebusa Felder 80.
Page 29 and 30: 173. Attacus mcmulleni Jordan 174.
Page 31 and 32: 26. Epitranus shaffi Mani and Kuria
Page 33 and 34: 1. Echinoderes andamanensis Higgins
Page 35 and 36: Mammals The Islands are very poor i
Page 37 and 38: 1869. Cladobates nicobarica Zelebor
Page 39 and 40: 2002. Rhinolophus cognatus : Alfred
Page 41 and 42: Status : IUCN (CAMP Report, 2005) :
Page 43 and 44: subspecies. Das (2002) given as 246
Page 45 and 46: Distribution : India : Andaman Isla
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Page 49 and 50: 1865. Carpophaga aenea var. nicobar
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Page 53 and 54: 1985. Centropus andamanensis : Tika
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Habitat : Found in large flock near
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Distribution : India : Andaman and
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Common Name : Andaman Black Woodpec
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1985. Dicrurus andamanensis andaman
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63. Sturnus erythropygius erythropy
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1985. Coracina nigra davisoni : Tik
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75. Hypothymis azurea tytleri (Beav
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Family : DICAEIDAE 81. Dicaeum conc
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87. Zoothera citrina albogularis (B
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Status : Information Deficient. 2.
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Status : Not common. Information De
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1871. Typhlops oatesi Boulenger, F.
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1891. Amphiesma nicobariensis Sclat
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32. Naja sagittifera Wall 1913. Naj
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of which 13 species are endemic com
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Status : Information deficient. Sub
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14. Gibbula coeni Preston 1908. Gib
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22. Broderipia rosea (Broderip) 183
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2000. Peasiella templiana : Subba R
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Distribution : India : Andaman Isla
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Superfamily : Tonnoidea Family : RA
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62. Eulima acuformis G. and H. Nevi
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Habitat : Reef and weedy areas. Dis
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1899. Ancilla leucospira Smith, Ann
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87. Turbonilla rubrobrunnea Preston
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Habitat : Sandy reef areas. Distrib
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Habitat : Shallow coral reef areas.
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2000. Scinctilla elongata : Subba R
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Family : SOLECUTRIDAE Subfamily : N
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Habitat : Shallow coastal areas. Di
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4. Melanoides multistriata (Preston
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Order : Stylommatophora Suborder :
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2002. Pleuropoma rogersi : Ramakris
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2002. Lagochilus wuellerstorfiana :
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1991. Palaina nicobarica : Subba Ra
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45. Prosopeas roepstorffi Moerch 19
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Distribution : India : Nicobar Isla
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Habitat : Tropical and subtropical
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72. Taphrospira bathycharax (Godwin
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1991. Videna trilineata : Subba Rao
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Habitat : Tropical moist floors. Di
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Status : Information deficient. Fam
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Habitat : Deep sea bottom. Distribu
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Class Insecta Order : Ephemeroptera
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1980. Microcerotermes danieli : Bos
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Status : Information deficient. Ord
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Status : Information deficient. Hab
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1982. Cepora nadina andamana : Aror
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2004. Danaus melanippus nesippus :
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Status : Information deficient. 79.
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2004. Cupha erymanthis nicobarica :
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Status : Information deficient. 98.
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Status : Information deficient. 118
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128. Nacaduba pactolus andamanica F
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2004. Suastus rama aditus : Khatri,
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1992. Xyleutes kapuri : Chandra and
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176. Calerena andamana Felder 1992.
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185. Hypsa andamana Moore 1992. Hyp
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Status : Information deficient. 194
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204. Eublemma duplexa Moore 1992. E
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Sponges 75 species of marine sponge
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Status : Information deficient. Fam
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Habitat : Shallow marine areas. Dis
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Status : Information deficient. Cla
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Family : PARAMURICEIDAE 9. Echinomu
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Meiofauna Class : Polyhymenophorea
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12. Noodtiella ornamentalis Wells a
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Family : LAOPHONTIDAE 46. Apolaopho
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these islands. Incidentally, all th
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number. The molluscs have the highe
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Deb, M. 1985a. A new species of Ser
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Smith, M.A. 1930. The Reptelia and
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