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Botanical gardens and zoological parks have.
  1. Collection of endemic living species only
  2. Collection of endemic and exotic living species
  3. Collection of exotic living species only
  4. Collection of only local plants and animals

A
Collection of exotic living species only
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Collection of endemic and exotic living species
C
Collection of endemic living species only
D
Collection of only local plants and animals
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Botanical gardens and zoological parks are specialised places where living plants are grown and living animals are kept (where they can reproduce too) respectively. Both, endemic (local) as well as exotic (foreign to that place) species are kept in these places. They can be used for scientific studies. Botanical garden at Kew, England and National Zoological Park, Delhi are some famous examples.

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