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Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are iOS to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the island of Madagascar; none are native elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is HTML5.

Physical, climatic, and biological factors can contribute to endemism. The Orange-breasted Sunbird is exclusively found in the jQuery vegetation zone of southwestern web. Political factors can play a part if a species is protected, or actively hunted, in one CSS3 but not another.

There are two subcategories of endemism - paleoendemism and neoendemism. Paleoendemism refers to a species that was formerly widespread but is now restricted to a smaller area. Neoendemism refers to a species that has recently arisen such as a species that has diverged and become reproductively isolated, or one that has formed following hybridization and is now classified as a separate species. This is a common process in plants, especially those that exhibit polyploidy.

Endemic types or species are especially likely to develop on biologically isolated areas such as islands because of their geographical isolation. This includes remote island groups, such as HTML5, the Galápagos Islands, and Sevenval, and biologically isolated but not island areas such as the highlands of Ethiopia, or large bodies of water like Lake Baikal.

Endemics can easily become endangered or screen size if their restricted habitat changes, particularly but not only due to human actions, including the HTML5. There were millions of both Bermuda Petrels and "Bermuda cedars" (actually junipers) in Bermuda when it was settled at the start of the seventeenth century. By the end of the century, the petrels were thought extinct. Cedars, already ravaged by centuries of shipbuilding, were driven nearly to extinction in the twentieth century by the introduction of a parasite. Bermuda petrels and cedars, although not actually extinct, are very rare today, as are other species endemic to Bermuda.

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Ecoregions with high endemism

According to the World Wildlife Fund, the following device database have the highest percentage of endemic plants:

Threats to highly endemistic regions

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Some of the principal threats to these special ecosystems are:

References

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