Examples of Animals Already Extinct, or Facing Extinction as a Direct

question 8

Multiple Choice

Examples of animals already extinct, or facing extinction as a direct result of deliberate efforts to exterminate them because of their perceived harm to economically useful species, include:

• A) cheetahs and rhinos.
• B) passenger pigeons and cheetahs.
• C) prairie dogs and rhinos.
• D) rhinos and macaws.
• E) mountain lions and wolves.

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