It is to be noted that the current rates of extinction as relates to certain animals and plants species show the rates to be higher than the mass extinctions at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Rates of extinction simply refer to how quickly species are becoming non-existent.
The rates are said to be on the average of 100 E/MSY. In 2020 for instance about 15 species (according to IUC) were declared extinct.
E/MSY is Extinctions per Million Species-Years. The correct answer, thus, is C.
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