Arrange the following in descending order of number of species in the Amazonian rain forest. (a) Plants (b) Birds (c) Fishes (d) Invertebrates (e) Mammals Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Step-by-step solution

According to the data on biodiversity in the Amazonian rain forest, the number of species for the given groups are as follows: Invertebrates: more than 1,25,000 Plants: more than 40,000 Fishes: 3,000 Birds: 1,300 Mammals: 427 Arranging them in descending order of the number of species, we get: Invertebrates > Plants > Fishes > Birds > Mammals This corresponds to the sequence (d) > (a) > (c) > (b) > (e).