Question

According to IUCN 'Red List', what is the status of red panda (Ailurus fulgens)?

• A. Vulnerable species
• B. Critically endangered species
• C. Extinct species
• D. Endangered species

Answer 1

The correct option is D Endangered species

Endangered species is a species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future due to a decrease in its habitat, excessive predation or poaching.

The percentage number of endangered species in the list of threatened ones is 19 percent mammals, 17 percent birds, 21 percent reptiles, 22 percent amphibians and 19 percent angiosperms.

In India, their number is 54 animals and 113 plants. E.g., Ailurus fulgens (red panda), Bentinckia nicobarica. Some other examples are blue whale, Asiatic wild ass and lion-tailed macaque.