With a total population of less than two hundred and fewer breeding females than ever before, the American crocodile seemed a decade ago to be in danger of disappearing.


This sentence basically test the rule of understanding countable vs non countable noun.


(A) of less than two hundred and fewer --> cream of the crap..Looks correct to me. Whats the OA ?
(B) lower than two hundred and less -> a count is small not lower...
(C) lesser than two hundred and fewer --> lesser compared to what ??? there is no comparison
(D) fewer than two hundred and less --> less breeding females is wrong.
(E) of fewer than two hundred and of fewer --> parallelism issue here. of less than and fewer breesind..

I will go with

'C'

. Pls post OA.

A is correct.

A detailed explanation of when to use what..
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post26913.html

if option E was "of fewer than two hundred and fewer" than will it be correct?