Question

Choose the correct statements(s) :

Statement I :

Wild water buffalo is majorly found in North-Eastern and Central India.

Statement II :

The Indian landscape is home to more than 85% of the Wild water buffalo population.

Choose the correct option:

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Both I and II

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

• Wild water buffalo is majorly found in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, and Arunachal Pradesh. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), also known as Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, and wild Asian buffalo is a large bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
• It has been cataloged as Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 1986, as the residuary population totals less than 4,000.
• A population downfall of at least 50% over the last three generations (24–30 years) is projected to continue.
• The planetary population has been estimated at 3,400 individuals, of which 3,100 (91%) live in India, mostly in Assam. Hence statement 2 is correct.

• In India, it is comprehensively bounded to in and around Kaziranga, Manas and Dibru-Saikhowa National Parks, Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, and Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary and in a few outspread pockets in Assam; and in and around D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.