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प्रश्न
Very short answer type question
What do you understand by the EW category of a living being?
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उत्तर
- Extinct in the Wild (EW): A category containing those species whose members survive only in captivity.
- Members are seen only in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due to massive habitat loss.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Enlist any six categories into which a given species is placed once it has been thoroughly evaluated by IUCN.
Match the following and choose the correct alternative.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| i. | Not evaluated | a. | Pervasive and abundant after careful assessment |
| ii. | Near threatened | b. | Information related to risk of extinction is lacking in some way |
| iii. | Least concern | c. | Described by scientist but not assessed by the IUCN |
| iv. | Data deficient | d. | May meet the criteria for threatened status in the near future |
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