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Published on: August 21, 2026
Endemic plants and animals are those which are
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Endemic species are those that are found naturally only in a specific geographic area and nowhere else.
Examples: Lion-tailed macaque (Western Ghats, India), Madagascar lemurs.
Cosmopolitan species are widely distributed across the world, which is the opposite of endemic.
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