Given below are the names of some recent animal extinctions along with the country to which it belongs. Match the animal with its country.
| List – I (Name of the Extinct Animal) | List – II (Name of the country) |
| (A) Steller’s Sea Cow | (I) Mauritius |
| (B) Dodo | (II) Africa |
| (C) Thylacine | (III) Russia |
| (D) Quagga | (IV) Australia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Steller’s Sea Cow — this matches (III) Russia. Hunted to extinction.
(B) Dodo — this matches (I) Mauritius. A flightless bird.
(C) Thylacine — this matches (IV) Australia. The Tasmanian wolf.
(D) Quagga — this matches (II) Africa. A zebra-like animal.
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.”