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What is co-extinction ? Explain with a suitable example ?

Answer» When a species becomes extinct, the plant and animal species associated with it, in an obligatory way, also become extinct, e.g., when a host fish species becomes extinct, its parasites also vanish. This is called co-extinction.
Some other examples of co-extinction are, plant-pollinator mutualism where extinction of one leads to the extinction of other, Monophagous insect that feeds on particular plant species becomes extinct due to extinction of that plant species.


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