Doesn't the phrasing that it has a near monopoly imply that it is the only very large company? Given that a monopoly means that only one company services that market and a near monopoly would indicate that there are other companies but none which compare in size

For question 2.4 could I not infer that if it is a panda that prospers then it has not been relocated to this part of this forest. I thought that the verb of prospering is directly connected to being a panda