endemic species
Found only here
An endemic species is a plant or animal found naturally only in one particular geographic area—a single island, mountain range, or ecosystem.
Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar; they exist nowhere else in the wild.
The term distinguishes species with restricted ranges from those distributed widely.
Endemic species face heightened extinction risk because their entire population occupies limited territory.
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecological nicheSpecies' functional environmental position
- rangeExtent of variation
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
natural selection · Galápagos · isolation · island · remote islands · locality · extinction risk · gene flow · distribution · climate change · genetic drift · region · flora · refuge · adaptation · population · threatened · native
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- native wildlifenative birds, native mammals, native fish, native bees, unique wildlife
- special animalsexotic wildlife, giant panda, snow leopard, white tiger, black rhino
- ecology termsecology, biome, ecosystem, niche, habitat
- rainforest ecologyrainforest, jungle, canopy, understory, epiphyte
- speciescritically endangered, subspecies
endemic speciesinvasive species
Harmful non-native organism
introduced species · non-native species · alien species · exotic species · naturalized species
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