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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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