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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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| Column - I | Column - II |
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| (ii) Ouagga | (b) Russia |
| (iii) Thylacine | (c) Mauritius |
| (iv) Stellar's sea cow | (d) Australia |
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What is common to the species shown in figures A and B?
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| A | B |
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