Question

As per the recent report of the IUCN, what is the status of the smaller, lighter African forest elephant?

• A. Near Threatened
• B. Vulnerable
• C. Endangered
• D. Critically Endangered

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Critically Endangered

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its new assessment recently. It highlighted the pressures faced by the two species of elephants in Africa due to poaching for ivory and human encroachment. It announced that the Savanna elephant was “endangered” and the much smaller, lighter forest elephant was “critically endangered”.