Consider the following pairs: Wildlife Naturally found in1. Blue-finned Mahseer Cauvery River2. Irrawaddy Dolphin Chambal River3. Rusty-spotted Cat Eastern Ghats Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
✓ Correct answer: c) 1 and 3 only
ExplanationPair 1 is correctly matched: Blue Finned Mahseer is found in the Mula-Mutha River close to the Indian city of Pune, a part of the Krishna River basin.It is a freshwater fish.It is also known as Deccan Mahseer or Tor Khudree.Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Irrawaddy Dolphin’s habitat ex- tends from the Bay of Bengal to New Guinea and the Philippines.It is found in three rivers namely the Irrawaddy (Myanmar), the Mahakam (Indonesian Borneo) and the Mekong but not in Chambal river.The highest single lagoon population of dolphins is considered to be found in Chilika Lake.Pair 3 is correctly matched: Rusty Spotted Cat has been ob- served in eastern Gujarat’s Gir National Park, in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve and along India’s Eastern Ghats.212
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