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Q143 (IAS/2007) Environment & Ecology › Biodiversity & Protected Areas › Biodiversity patterns Answer Verified

Consider the following statements: 1. In India, Red Panda is naturally found in the Western Himalayas only. 2. In India, Slow Loris lives in the dense forests of the North East. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: B
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Statement 1 is incorrect. In India the red panda occurs in the eastern Himalaya — recorded from Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and the Himalayas around Darjeeling — not the Western Himalayas only [1]. Statement 2 is correct. The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) is the only strepsirrhine primate in northeast India and has been documented in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and other northeastern forest blocks, where it persists patchily in dense forest and protected areas [2]. Therefore, only statement 2 is correct, making option 2 the right choice.

Sources

  1. [1] Environment and Ecology, Majid Hussain (Access publishing 3rd ed.) > Chapter 4: BIODIVERSITY > project red panda (cat- Bear) > p. 48
  2. [2] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/persistence-and-protection-of-the-vulnerable-bengal-slow-loris-nycticebus-bengalensis-in-assam-and-arunachal-pradesh-northeast-india/953665C94B2D13DFFD297E7E7C903ED0
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