Consider the following pairs :

(a)	Himalayan Region	Wild goat and snow leopards
(b)	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Mahogany and Rosewood trees
(c)	Gir forest	Asiatic lions

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

The correct answer is (a), (b) and (c).

Key Points

• India is rich in its flora and fauna.
• It has approximately 90,000 animal species and 2000 bird species.
• India is the only country in the world that has both tigers and lions.
• The Gir forest is the last remaining habitat of the Asiatic lion.
• The Himalayan harbour a hardy range of animals which survive in extremely cold.
• Yak, the shaggy horned wild ox, the Tibetan antelope, the bharal, wild sheep, and the Kiang (Tibetan wild ass), the ibex, bear and snow-leopard and rare red panda are all found here.
• The trees found in Andaman and Nicobar islands are Mahagony, rosewood, ebony, rubber and cinchona.

 Thus, we can say that the above statements are correct.