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Ant capital of the world
409 ant species recorded in S'pore, the highest globally; island also has greatest ant diversity
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Singapore may be a tiny urbanised island-state, but it has a whopping 409 species of ants recorded - the highest number recorded in any city in the world.
These 409 species include new local records of 121 species and 34 species endemic to Singapore.
