Q.Match the animals given in column I with their location in column II:
Column I — Column II
A. Dodo — i. Africa
B. Quagga — ii. Russia
C. Thylacine — iii. Mauritius
D. Stellar's sea cow — iv. Australia
Choose the correct match from the following:

The Dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, so it matches with location iii. The Quagga, a subspecies of plains zebra, was native to South Africa, which falls under Africa, so it matches with location i. The Thylacine, also called the Tasmanian tiger, was found in Australia (including Tasmania), so it matches with location iv. Stellar's sea cow was a large marine mammal that lived in the cold waters around Russia (the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea), so it matches with location ii. …

This question tests your knowledge of where some of the world’s most famous extinct animals once lived. Each of these creatures has a story tied to a specific part of the world, and remembering their locations helps you understand how human activity and environmental change have driven species to extinction.

The Dodo is perhaps the most iconic extinct bird. It lived only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Flightless and unafraid of humans, it was easy prey for sailors and the animals they brought. So the Dodo belongs to Mauritius — that’s A-iii.

The Quagga was a striking relative of the zebra, with stripes only on its front half. It roamed the grasslands of South Africa. Hunted for its meat and hide, and pushed out by farming, the last Quagga died in captivity in the 1880s. So Quagga is correctly matched with Africa — B-i.

The Thylacine, also called the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, was a marsupial carnivore. Despite its name, it was not a tiger but a pouched mammal. It was native to Australia and, more recently, to the island of Tasmania. Hunting, habitat loss, and disease wiped it out in the 20th century. So Thylacine goes with Australia — C-iv. …

Solve each pairing independently using one memorable anchor fact per animal, then combine: Dodo = flightless, island-only bird, so Mauritius; Quagga = a zebra relative, so Africa; Thylacine = the 'Tasmanian tiger', so Australia — which leaves Steller's sea cow matched wit …