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(B) Co-extinction is a phenomenon where the extinction of one species leads to the extinction of another species that is obligatorily associated with

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(B) Co-extinction is a phenomenon where the extinction of one species leads to the extinction of another species that is obligatorily associated with it.For example,when a host fish species becomes extinct,its unique assemblage of parasites also meets the same fate.Another example is the co-evolved plant-pollinator mutualism,where the extinction of one inevitably leads to the extinction of the other.

List-$I$	List-$II$
$(a)$ Dodo	$(1)$ Africa
$(b)$ Quagga	$(2)$ Russia
$(c)$ Thylacine	$(3)$ Mauritius
$(d)$ Steller's sea cow	$(4)$ Australia

When a species becomes extinct,the plant and animal species associated with it in an obligatory way also become extinct. This phenomenon is known as:

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