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Endemism

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1 Endemism can also occur in biologically isolated areas such as the highlands of ________, or large bodies of water like Lake Baikal.

2 According to the ________, the following ecoregions have the highest percentage of endemic plants:

3 An ________, also known as a naturalized or exotic species, is an organism that is not indigenous to a given place or area.

4 There were millions of both Bermuda Petrels and "Bermuda cedars" (actually junipers) in ________ when it was settled at the start of the 17th century.

5 Hawaiian tropical dry forests (________)

6 For example, many species of lemur are endemic to the island of ________.

7 ________ (United States)

8 Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests (Mexico, ________)

9 Endemism is the ________ state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, habitat type, nation or other defined zone.

10 Endemics can easily become ________ or extinct because of their restricted habitat and vulnerability to the actions of man, including the introduction of new organisms.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the New Zealand endemic amphipod Paraleptamphopus caeruleus lives in "bog-water on top of Swampy Hill"?
  • the Aketajawe-Lolobata National Park on Halmahera island of Indonesia, is considered vital for 23 endemic bird species?
  • the Colombian palm Aiphanes leiostachys is an endangered species, while two other Colombian endemics in the same genus, Aiphanes duquei and Aiphanes lindeniana, are vulnerable to extinction?
  • the carnivorous plant Drosera meristocaulis is endemic to Pico da Neblina in South America, 17,000 km (11,000 mi) to the west of its most closely related species?
  • more than a quarter of freshwater fishes that have been discovered in rivers and streams of southwestern Sri Lanka are endemic?
  • the Brazillian endemic genus Philcoxia, which may represent another genus of carnivorous plants, was formally described in scientific literature 34 years after the first specimen had been discovered?
  • the Bar-winged Prinia (pictured) is a common passerine bird endemic to western Indonesia?
  • the Carrikeri Harlequin Frog, a critically endangered toad endemic to northern Colombia, was recently rediscovered after an absence of 14 years?
  • the decline of the gopher tortoise poses a threat to the Florida mouse, which forms the only mammal genus that occurs only in Florida?
  • the island of Dominica has two endemic lizards, the Dominican Ground Lizard and the Dominican Anole (pictured)?
  • the Rufous-crowned Sparrow, a medium-sized sparrow of the southwestern United States and Mexico, has a subspecies endemic to the Todos Santos Islands that has not been seen since the 1970s?
  • the Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat is only the second species in its genus and the 26th endemic bat species from the Philippines to be described?
  • the Flammulated Flycatcher (pictured), a tyrant flycatcher endemic to Mexico, was eventually placed in the monotypic genus Deltarhynchus because of its broad bill?
  • the Goldenface is a small bird with bright plumage that is endemic to the hills and mountains of New Guinea?
  • due to their rich biodiversity, Sri Lanka montane rain forests are a globally important super-hotspot with a large number of endemic species?
  • although it is now endemic to Fiji, fossils attributed to the Fiji Goshawk have been found in Ê»Eua, Tonga?
  • Ancistrochilus rothschildianus is a species of semi-terrestrial orchid endemic to the African tropics?
  • Campanula gelida, an endemic species of a bellflower, grows in nature only on one rock in the Czech Republic?
  • Amaranthus brownii, an endangered species of pigweed endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island of Nihoa, was discovered in 1923, but has not been seen in the wild for twenty-five years?
  • shartegosuchid crocodyliforms made up an endemic Central Asian Mesozoic fauna that existed after the breakup of Pangaea?
  • Ceylon Rose (pictured) is a critically endangered endemic butterfly of Sri Lanka?
  • Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker endemic to Cuba, is threatened by habitat loss and now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?
  • Duguetia tobagensis, a small tree endemic to the island of Tobago, has only been collected three times since its original discovery in 1912?
  • Lytocaryum weddellianum, an endangered species of palm trees endemic to Brazil, may be saved from extinction as it has become a common potted plant in Europe?
  • all five species of the catfish genus Epactionotus are endemic to limited geographic areas in Brazil and Argentina?
  • all four remaining species of island raccoons (examples pictured), found only on small Central American and Caribbean islands, are considered endangered?
  • all eight endemic reptile species recorded in Minneriya National Park are listed as threatened?
  • Polyandrococos, a genus of palm trees endemic to Brazil, is so named partly because of its hairy tomentum?
  • Melidectes is a genus of honeyeater birds endemic to the mountains of New Guinea and New Britain?
  • hatchlings of the Cape Fear Shiner, a critically endangered minnow endemic to central North Carolina, feed off of their egg yolk for five days after they hatch?
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