Which one of the following groups of animals belongs to the category of endangered species?
✓ Correct answer: a) Great Indian Bustard, Musk Deer, Red Panda and Asiatic Wild Ass
ExplanationThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.Great Indian Bustard, Musk Deer, Red Panda and Asiatic Wild Ass (Currently Vulnerable, but as the question is from 2012, we will consider it as Endangered) all are Endangered Species.Im- portant species and their Conservation status are: Species Particulars Great Indi- an BustardState bird of RajasthanFlagship grassland species, representing the health of the grassland ecology.States: Rajasthan and Gujarat.Small populations occur in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.Conservation Status: Critically Endangered Musk DeerHabitat: J&K, Uttarakhand.Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.Conservation Status: Endangered Red PandaRed panda is endemic to the temperate forests of the Himalayas.Habitat: Sikkim and Assam, northern Arunachal Pradesh.Threats: habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inb
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