GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes
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No
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since then, the species has made a tremendous comeback from the brink of extinction. Thanks to persistent conservation efforts across Africa, black rhino numbers have doubled from their historic low 20 years ago to around 5, 500 today.
Detailed explanation-2: -But the western black rhino and northern white rhinos have recently become extinct in the wild.
Detailed explanation-3: -The African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission (SSC) released a report in 2022, The African and Asian Rhinoceroses-Status, Conservation and Trade, which estimates there are currently 22, 137 rhinos in Africa: 6, 195 black rhinos and 15, 942 white rhinos.
Detailed explanation-4: -The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) or West African black rhinoceros is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros. It was declared extinct by the IUCN in 2011.