Match List-I with List-II :
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| Recent Extinction | Place |
| (A) Dodo | (I) Africa |
| (B) Quagga | (II) Russia |
| (C) Thylacine | (III) Mauritius |
| (D) Steller’s Sea Cow | (IV) Australia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
(A) Dodo — this matches (III) Mauritius. The dodo was a large flightless bird found only on the island of Mauritius. It could not fly away from the hunters and animals that people brought to the island, and it died out.
(B) Quagga — this matches (I) Africa. The quagga was a zebra-like animal of the grasslands of southern Africa, with stripes only on the front half of its body. It was hunted to extinction.
(C) Thylacine — this matches (IV) Australia. The thylacine, also called the Tasmanian wolf, was a meat-eating marsupial of Australia. Marsupials are pouched mammals, a group typical of Australia.
(D) Steller’s Sea Cow — this matches (II) Russia. It was a huge sea mammal of the cold seas off eastern Russia. It was hunted out within a few years of its discovery.
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NCERT Extract:
Loss of Biodiversity – “… The IUCN Red List (2004) documents the extinction of 784 species (including 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 87 plants) in the last 500 years. Some examples of recent extinctions include the dodo (Mauritius), quagga (Africa), thylacine (Australia), Steller’s Sea Cow (Russia) and three subspecies (Bali, Javan, Caspian) of tiger. The last twenty years alone have witnessed the disappearance of 27 species.”