Tag: main natural resources

The dodo is an extinct flightless bird endemic to Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It belonged to the subfamily Raphinae. In 1662, last sighting of the dodo occurred. There's also a phrase saying "As dead as Dodo".

• Draco is a genus of lizards which are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are able to glide, their ribs and their connecting membrane may be extended to create wings, the hind limbs are flattened and wing-like and a flap of the neck serves as horizontal stabilizers. The Draco lizard became extinct in the early 21st century.
  
• Hence the animal which has become extinct recently is Draco.
• So, the correct answer is 'Draco'

Endangered species is a plant or animal species defined by IUCN as being in immediate danger of extinction because its members have reached a critical level or its habitals have been drastically reduced. A plant, Bentinckia condapanna/nicobarica (member of family Arecaceae) and the animal, Red panda, both are declared as endangered in India. Tamarind, Banyan etc are not endangered in India.

The endangered species are the that are not critically endangered but facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. These include.

In the absence of their natural predators, exotic species flourish better and pose a threat to indigenous species.

Dodo was a flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius and east of Madagascar. The bird got extinct in the years 1688-1700 due to hunting on a large scale for its meat. Thus the correct answer is option C. 

The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) 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", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics. The morphologically similar mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) was long thought to be its closest relative, and the two were at times confused, but genetic analysis has shown that the genus Patagioenas is more closely related to it than the Zenaida doves. The main reasons for the extinction of the passenger pigeon were the massive scale of hunting, the rapid loss of habitat, and the extremely social lifestyle of the bird, which made it highly vulnerable to the former factors. Deforestation was driven by the need to free land for agriculture and expanding towns, but also due to the demand for lumber and fuel. Though there are still large woodland areas in eastern North America, which support a variety of wildlife, it was not enough to support the vast number of passenger pigeons needed to sustain the population.  As the flocks dwindled in size, the passenger pigeon population decreased below the threshold necessary to propagate the species.