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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 only
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Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is incorrect: The Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is native to the temperate forests of the Eastern Himalayas (found in Sikkim, West Bengal's Darjeeling, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh) and not the Western Himalayas. The word 'only' also makes this extreme.
Statement 2 is correct: The Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) is an arboreal, nocturnal primate found in the dense tropical and subtropical rainforests of Northeast India.
Look out for absolute modifiers like 'only'. Red Panda is an endemic icon of the Eastern Himalayas (Sikkim's state animal), making statement 1 false.
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