Which of the sentences below best express the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

• Raccoons are growing more numerous even though they must continue to find new habitats.
• Raccoons are now undoubtedly present in areas where they once rare or absent.
• Raccoons have found parties, deserts, coastal marshes, and mountains to be excellent habitats to expand into.
• The number of raccoons must be even greater today because raccoons have continued to expand into new habitats.

This is a multiple choice.