Question

Name an endangered wildlife animal among the following _____________.
A. Asiatic elephant
B. Asiatic Buffalo
C. Nicobar Pigeon
D. Indian Rhino

Answer 1

Hint: This species has a thick gray-brown skin and a horn on its snout with pinkish skin folds. They are coated in wart like stumps in the top legs and shoulders. Apart from eyelashes, earrings and tail brush they have a very poor body coating. Males' neck is giant. In both males and females, but not in newborn calves, the single horn of an animal is present.

Complete Answer:
An endangered species is a species that is expected to become extinct either globally or in a specific jurisdiction in the near future. Endangered species may be endangered by factors including loss of habitat, wildlife and invasive species.
Option A. Asiatic elephant: Asian elephant is the only living species in the genus Elephas, and is divided into the entire Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia; India to the west; Nepal to the North; Sumatra to the south and Borneo to the east. The elephants are known as Asian elephants.
- Fragmentation, deforestation and a growing human population are destroying the habitat of elephants and reducing their living space.
- Thus since 1986 Asian elephants were perceived as Endangered, in which its population over the last 75 years is about more or less decreased. In the wild, less than 50,000 are left.
- Of course, in their countries of origin and other continental Asian countries the Sri Lankan, Indian and Sumatran asian elephants are found.
- Asiatic elephant animals are on the Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN Red list) but not the vulnerable on this list. Hence this option is incorrect.

Option B. Asiatic Buffalo: A big bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, the Wild Water Buffalo, sometimes called the Asian Buffalos, Asian Buffalo and Wild Buffalo.
- Since 1986, it has been listed on the IUCN Red List as endangered, with fewer than 4,000 inhabitants left.
- Asiatic Buffalo animal is on the Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN Red list) but not the vulnerable on this list. Hence this option is incorrect.

Option C. Nicobar Pigeon: The Nicobar pigeon lies on small islands and on coastal areas from the Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Malay Islands to the Solomon Islands and Palau.
- She is the only surviving Caloena-lice member and may be the nearest and extinct Rodrigues solitaire relative of the extinct dodo.
- Nicobar Pigeon animal is on the Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN Red list) but not the vulnerable on this list. Hence this option is incorrect.

Option D. Indian Rhino: A rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent is the Indian rhinoceros, sometimes referred to as the Indian rhinoceros, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros.
- The IUCN Red List lists it as Vulnerable, as the population split up to less than 20,000 km2.
- Indian Rhino animals are on the Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN Red list) as vulnerable on this list. Hence this option is correct.
- India Rhino is a threatened species among the choices. In 2012, 3079 animal and 2655 plant species were included in the IUCN Red List as vulnerable (EN) in the world.

Hence, Option D. Indian Rhino is the correct answer.

Note: IUCN Red List:
- The Red List of Endangered Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), established in 1964, is the world's most extensive inventory of biological species' global conservation status.
- Over time, the number of species evaluated for the Red List has increased. As of 2019, 28,338 out of 105,000 species surveyed are considered to be at risk of extinction due to human activity, especially overfishing, hunting and land growth.