Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India?

Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India?
  1. banyan and black duck
  2. Bentinckia nicobarica and red panda
  3. tamarind and rhesus monkey
  4. Cinchona and leopard

Solution

Endangered species is a plant or animal species defined by IUCN as being in immediate danger of extinction because its members have reached a critical level or their habitats have been drastically reduced. A plant, Bentinckia condapanna/nicobarica (member of family Arecaceae) and the animal, Red panda, both are declared as endangered in India. Tamarind, Banyan etc. are not endangered in India.

Asked in: NEET 2006

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