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Indian Himalayan Region
The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) covers the Indian states Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal (only districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong) and Arunachal Pradesh as per the Indian Bio-geographic classification by Rodger et al (2000). IHR is divided chiefly into North-western, western, central and eastern Himalaya. North-western Himalaya covers the state of Jammu & Kashmir; Western Himalaya covers the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; Central Himalaya covers Sikkim and West Bengal (only districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong); and Eastern Himalaya covers the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

IHR is a global biodiversity hot-spot with abundant count of endemic species of wild flora and fauna. Vegetation of the IHR changes with every 500m altitudinal hike ranging from Himalayan broad leaf forest in the foot hills to alipine medows near the snow line. The majoy categories of vegetation in the region are Alpine forests (above 3500m), sub-alpine forests (2500-3500m), temperate forests (1500-2500m), sub-temperate forests (500 - 1500) and sub- tropical forests (below 500m).

IHR is biogeographically classified as Trans-Himalaya (the areas above snowline that has permanent snow throughout the year) and Himalaya. The states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh has parts of Trans-Himalaya in the northern part of the states.

IHR is home to vertebrate species as snow leopards, Brown bear, Blue sheep, Himalayan Tahr, Monal, Blood peasant, western Tragopan, Satyr Tragopan, Himalayan horned toad, Himalayan rock skink, white lipped pit viper, etc. Invertebrates as different species of moths (as emperor moths, hawk moths, owlet moths, lopper moths, etc), butterflies (as papilionids, hisparids, etc), beetles (as stag beetles, scarabs, long horned beetles, click beetles, rove beetles, etc), spiders ( as signature spiders, orb- weavers,grass spiders, sac spiders, philidromids, ant spiders, etc), hymenopteras ( ants, bees and wasps), hemipteras (cicads, leaf hoppers, etc), etc. Invertebrates are the most unexplored group of wild fauna though a number of projects focusing on invertebrates are coming up with time. Kamalika.ind (talk) 08:24, 6 October 2017 (UTC)