The IUCN has defined categories to be applied to species based on their conservation status. The category "extinct in the wild" refers to a species that
A) was known to exist in the year 1500 but no individuals remain alive today.
B) was known to exist in the year 1900 but no individuals remain alive today.
C) can be found only in zoos or facilities that might be conducting captive breeding.
D) are found only in less than 1 percent of their original documented native habitat
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