Table 6 Jaccard similarity index (JI) for animal-based traditional medicine uses across different geographical areas

Distant Countries

1

Northwest Ethiopia

19

57

2

2.7

[58]

2

Tropical island of Mauritius

31

57

8

10

[99]

3

Western Cape Province, South Africa

65

57

6

5.17

[110]

4

San Juan, Argentina

7

57

2

3.23

[171]

5

Jeju Island, Korea

40

57

8

9

[49]

Neighboring countries

6

Myanmar

22

57

3

3.9

[172]

7

Bhutan

43

57

10

11.1

[173]

8

Central Punjab, Pakistan

54

57

18

19.4

[174]

9

Nepal

33

57

13

16.9

[175]

Different States of India

10

Sikkim

41

57

9

10.11

[2]

11

Uttarakhand

41

57

12

13.95

[66]

12

Uttar Pradesh

21

57

06

8.33

[160]

13

Maharashtra

42

57

10

11.2

[153]

14

Tamil Nadu

56

57

22

24.18

[54]

15

Kerala

69

57

27

27.3

[53]

16

Rajasthan

24

57

10

14.08

[20]

17

Assam,

42

57

11

12.5

[37]

18

Manipur

21

57

11

16.42

[154]

19

Meghalaya

13

57

5

7.6

[176]

20

Arunachal Pradesh

26

57

8

10.7

[170]

21

Goa

18

57

14

22.95

[94]

22

Madhya Pradesh

18

57

05

7.14

[88]

23

Tripura

25

57

12

17.14

[159]

24

Odisha

43

57

13

14.94

[23]

Districts of West Bengal, India

25

Duars

13

57

05

7.7

[164]

26

Darjeeling

26

57

11

15.3

[93]

27

Purulia

29

57

12

16.21

[67]

28

Jhargram

23

57

12

17.6

[148]