Animal Discoveries 2025 - New Species New Records

Contents: 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction. 3. New Species. 4. New Records. 5. Species Index.
 
"Animal Discoveries 2025 - New Species and New Records"
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI),  a premier research institution under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has been serving the nation for more than 110 years. Since 2007, ZSI has systematically documented faunal discoveries in India and published them annually in a book titled Animal Discoveries- New Species and New Records. The 2025 edition of the publication presents 709 faunal discoveries reported by scientists, academicians and researchers across India. These include 483 species new to science and 226 species recorded for the first time from India. As a result of these discoveries, the documented faunal diversity of the country has increased to 1,05,953 species.