NEET Biology question
Each question contains ASSERTION (Assertion) and REASON (Reason). Each question has the 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. **Assertion:** Critically endangered category includes the species which have sufficient population at present but is undergoing depletion due to some factors. **Reason:** Vulnerable species are facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future if the causative factors continue to operate, whereas critically endangered species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future.
Solution
By IUCN definitions, "Critically Endangered" refers to species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future, not species with a "sufficient population at present" undergoing depletion (that description instead fits the
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