Question

A critically endangered animal is
A) Passenger
B) Dodi
C) Great Indian bustard
D) Zebu

Answer 1

Hint:According to experts, Critically Endangered species face an extremely high risk of extinction. Key to this assessment and factors into the threat equation is- the status of the species’ remaining populations – their sizes, trends, the extent of occurrence, degrees of fragmentation, numbers of locations, and numbers of mature individuals.

Complete answer:
>Option A- Passenger :The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon is also known as Ectopistes migratorius. It is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", because of its migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also pertains to its migratory characteristics.
>Option B- Dodi : This is not a critically endangered animal.
>Option C- Great Indian bustard :The great Indian bustard (GIB) is flickering for survival. Initially found across several states of India, it is now on the verge of extinction. The great Indian bustard or Indian bustard is a bustard found on the Indian subcontinent is a large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs. It has an ostrich-like appearance and it is among the heaviest of the flying birds
>Option D- Zebu : A zebu is also known as indicine cattle or humped cattle. It is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. They are characterized by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large dewlap, and sometimes drooping ears.

So the correct answer is option C- 'great Indian bustard'.

Note:Critically Endangered is the most threatened conservation level assigned by IUCN to a species that still exists in the wild. Decreasing levels of threat that are assigned to species can be classified as Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, and Least Concern. Extinct in the Wild implies that only captive populations remain, and Extinct is the end of the line.