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Assam's pygmy hog conservation programme continues
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World's smallest wild pig, once feared extinct: the Assam grassland species UPSC tests
Assam's pygmy hog reintroduction programme highlights the species' dependence on grassland habitat.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Assam's captive-breeding and release programme for the pygmy hog, the world's smallest wild pig species, remains a widely cited conservation success story.
Once believed extinct, the pygmy hog survives today mainly in the tall, wet grasslands of Assam and depends heavily on the protection of this shrinking habitat for its long-term survival.
ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- Pygmy hog is the world's smallest wild pig species
- Once believed extinct, now surviving through captive breeding
- Found mainly in the tall, wet grasslands of Assam
- Assam runs a captive-breeding and release programme for the species
- Species' long-term survival depends on shrinking grassland habitat
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How the exam will ask it
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- The pygmy hog is the world's smallest wild pig species.
- It survives mainly in the tall, wet grasslands of Assam.
- Assam runs a captive-breeding and release programme for the pygmy hog.
- The pygmy hog was once believed to be extinct.
മെയിൻസ്
GS Paper III - grassland habitat loss threatens specialist species like the pygmy hog, making captive breeding and reintroduction a key conservation tool. The programme's success underlines the need for sustained protection of shrinking grassland ecosystems alongside species-specific interventions.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The pygmy hog, the world's smallest wild pig and the subject of a long-running captive-breeding conservation programme, survives mainly in the grasslands of which State?
- Manipur
- Assam
- West Bengal
- Odisha
ഉത്തരം കാണിക്കൂ
ഉത്തരം: B — Correct: Assam — the pygmy hog's surviving wild population and its reintroduction programme are based in Assam's grasslands. • Manipur — wrong: not the species' habitat. • West Bengal — wrong: not the species' habitat. • Odisha — wrong: not the species' habitat.
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