A biodiversity hotspot is a(n) :

a. protected area with few humans present.
b. type of island from which humans are leaving.
c. an area rich in endemic species and high in human population.
d. a type of corridor to which humans are rapidly migrating.
e. an area poor in endemic species in a tropical location.


C

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