The Government Must Assess a Species' Extinction Risk and Decide

The government must assess a species' extinction risk and decide that it is endangered before it can be placed on the U.S.endangered species list.This usually happens in response to a petition from an environmental group or other agency.Which factor is most likely to cause the government to reject the species (that is, decide not to place it on the endangered list) ?

A) They have insufficient information on the organism's ecology.
B) They have insufficient information on the species' recent population numbers.
C) They do not know how many individuals of the species exist in other countries.
D) They do not know how many related species exist in the United States.
E) They cannot decide whether it is vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.