Question

Which of the following pairs of an animal and a plant represents endangered organisms in India?

• A. Banyan and black buck
• B. Bentinckia nicobarica and Red panda
• C. Tamarind and rhesus monkey
• D. Cinchona and leopard

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Endangered species are those species which are about to extinct due to the threats imposed by certain human activities and their inability to acclimatize in the environment and Bentinckia nicobarica is found only in India.It is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. Its population is rapidly declining. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called as lesser panda and red cat-bear, is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and south-western China, that has been classified as vulnerable by IUCN as its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues to decline and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries.