Question

Many animals are becoming extinct on Earth due to the loss of plants. State the name of plants on which these animals depend for food or shelter and complete the following table.

Name of the animal	Name of plant for the dependence of food/shelter
Adjutant stork
Owl
Civet cat
Langur

Accepted Answer

Name of the animal Name of plant for the dependence of food/shelter

Adjutant stork Find shelter in bamboo plantations. Greater Adjutants are mostly scavengers of large carcasses (including human corpses).

Owl Great Horned Owls typically nest in trees such as cottonwood, juniper, beech, pine, and others. They usually adopt a nest that was built by another species, but they also use cavities in live trees, dead snags, deserted buildings, cliff ledges, and human-made platforms. They are nocturnal animals.

Civet cat Fig tree, teak plantation, etc. Civets are small, nocturnal mammals, native to tropical Asia and Africa.

Langur Mango, blackberry and other fruit trees. Its diet is herbivorous, consisting of ripe and unripe fruits, mature and young leaves, seeds, buds and flowers.

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