Biodiversity-2-NCERT-Species Diversity-According to the IUCN (2004), the total number of plant and animal species described so far is slightly more than 1.5 million / Biodiversity, NCERT LINE BY LINE, pre-class / By Prof. Siddharth Sanghvi Enter OTP to View Content Verify Category Type Number of Species Animals Total 10,50,000 Vertebrates 52,500 Fishes 25,000 Amphibians 5,750 Reptiles 7,500 Birds 9,000 Mammals 4,500 Insects 7,50,000 Crustaceans 70,000 Mollusca 85,000 Other Invertebrates 1,25,000 Plants Angiosperms 2,50,000 Fungi 69,000 Bryophytes 16,600 Algae 27,000 Pteridophytes (Ferns) 10,000 Gymnosperms 600 Lichens (Confirmed) 19,500 spp
