GyanGramQuestion
Consider the following
1. Star tortoise
2. Monitor lizard
3. Pygmy Hog
4. Spider monkey
Which of the above found in India?
PRELIMS 2013 · ENVIRONMENT
Consider the following 1. Star tortoise 2. Monitor lizard 3. Pygmy Hog 4. Spider monkey W…
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• Correct Answer: A
• Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is native to India; India has four monitor lizard species (Varanus bengalensis, griseus, flavescens, salvator); Pygmy Hog (Porcula salvania) is endemic to Manas NP (Assam).
• 4 is wrong: Spider monkeys (Ateles) are New World monkeys native to Central and South America, not India.
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