A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the following could be that animal?

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Correct Answer: Indian wild ass. Among the following, Indian Wild Ass inhabits in remote parts of Rann of Kutch which is around 259,000 hectare of salt plain along Indian/Pakistan border. In such areas the threats to Indian wild ass's will include habitat degradation, invasion of Prosopis juliflora shrub and grazing by Maldhari. The Ass was never a hunting target of Indian Maharajas and colonial British officials of British Raj. Area in Kutch, is drought prone due to erratic monsoons where wild ass population declines due to massive die-off.

A sandy and saline area is the natural habitat of an Indian animal species. The animal has no predators in that area but its existence is threatened due to the destruction of its habitat. Which one of the following could be that animal?

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