• Sapria Himalayana Examples of how to use “endemic species” in a sentence from the Cambridge Dictionary Labs There are a large number of endemic species in the world and, as we mentioned, they can be at different geographical scales. Species are distributed over the old world... • Nepenthes Khasiana An endemic species is one whose habitat is restricted to a particular area. Asiatic Lion, Gir Forest. Purple Frog, Western Ghats. The definition differs from indigenous, or native, species in that the latter, although it occurs naturally in an area, is also found in other areas. Sangai Deer, Loktak Lake. Species can be endemic to large or small areas of the earth: some are endemic to a particular continent, some to part of a continent, and others to a single island. Here are a few examples of endemic species: Taragui Geko (Homonota taragui) The Taragui Geko is a lizard from the Phyllodactylidae family. Endemism, or the occurrence of endem…

Endemic species are often endangered, and particular examples may become a focus point for campaigns to protect biodiversity in a given en… Usually an area that contains endemic species is isolated in some way, so that species have difficulty spreading to other areas, or it has unusual environmental characteristics to which endemic species are uniquely adapted. Asiatic Lion is also known as the Indian Lion and can be only found in and around Gir Forest National Park of Gujarat ... Kashmir Stag, Kashmir Valley. It is a rare and interesting root parasite plant on the roots of plants of grape family and is... • Uvaria Lurida Lion-Tailed Macaque, Western Ghats. It is a genus of flowering plants in the soursop family. Endemic Species of India. The term could refer to an animal, a plant, a fungus, or even a microorganism. Endemic species are plants and animals that exist only in one geographic region.