Correct Option: C

The Western Ghats is regarded as one of the world’s ten “Hottest biodiversity hotspots”. It has over 7,402 species of flowering plants, 1,814 species of nonflowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species, 179 amphibian species, 6,000 insects species and 290 freshwater fish species. At least 325 globally threatened species occur in the Western Ghats.