Multiple choice

The Red List of 2012 was released at the Rio Summit. How many entries were made to the list of extinct species in this list?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

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Explanation

The Red List of 2012 was released on 19th July 2012 at the Rio+20 Earth Summit; nearly 2,000 species were added, with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list. The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.