Through the 1973 Endangered Species Act, ______ U.S. species have been listed as endangered or threatened with recovery plans approved or implemented about half of them.
A) 234
B) 2,340
C) 22,340
D) 222,340

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The correct answer is 2,340 species. The 1973 Endangered Species Act has led to the listing of approximately 2,340 U.S. species as endangered or threatened, with recovery plans approved or implemented for about half of them.