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350 new species located in Himalayas [1]

More than 350 new species, including a flying frog and the world's smallest deer species, have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the last decade, according to the WWF.

The eastern Himalayas, the region which spans Bhutan and Northeast India, north Burma, Nepal and southern parts of Tibet Autonomous Region in China, faces an alarming threat from climate change.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Himalaya [3], Eastern Himalaya [4], Fish [5], Endangered Species [6], Wildlife [7], Mammals [8], Reptiles [9], Amphibians [10], Frogs [11], Birds [12], WWF [13]
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