Endemic Species of the World
Country profiles based on native-range evidence, taxonomy, species checklists, biodiversity data, and source-linked records.
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OtherVenezuela
Venezuela’s endemism is split among several biological inventories and several isolation systems. The strongest national datasets do not use one synchronized taxonomic treatment, so vascular plants, birds, mammals,…
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OtherBolivia
Bolivia's country endemics are concentrated in several different geographic systems: the humid eastern Andes and Yungas, isolated inter-Andean valleys, high Andean ridges and basins, and the seasonally flooded…
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OtherMyanmar
Myanmar has no defensible single all-taxa total for endemic species. Current national datasets cover different biological groups, use different taxonomic treatments, and in some cases define endemism differently,…
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OtherThailand
Thailand’s country-endemic biota is often concentrated in small geographic units: limestone hills, caves, isolated mountain systems and freshwater drainages. National datasets cover different taxonomic groups and definitions, so…
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OtherVietnam
Vietnam’s country endemism is concentrated in several different isolation systems: the Hoang Lien high mountains, limestone karsts in the north, the Trường Sơn/Annamite chain, the Ngoc Linh massif,…
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OtherMalaysia
Malaysia combines two separated land areas—Peninsular Malaysia and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo—so country endemism has to be distinguished from wider Malay Peninsula and…
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AsiaTurkey
Türkiye’s country-endemic biota is structured by several different isolation systems: high mountains, the Taurus–Anatolian Diagonal belt, closed inland drainages, narrow southwestern amphibian ranges and small-mammal lineages. National datasets…
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South AmericaChile
Chile combines continental barriers, isolated high-Andean waters, Mediterranean-climate mountains and remote Pacific islands within one national boundary. National biodiversity reporting estimates that almost one quarter of the species…
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CaribbeanCuba
Cuba combines country-wide endemics with species confined to individual mountain systems, karst landscapes, wetlands, cays, and unusual soil types. The strongest national datasets use different taxonomic units, so…
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OceaniaPapua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has no defensible single all-taxa endemic-species total. National counts differ by taxonomic group and data treatment, while island, mountain and freshwater systems contain many species…
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AsiaSri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s endemic biota is distributed unevenly across taxonomic groups, with especially high national endemism ratios in amphibians, land snails, millipedes, reptiles and several other low-dispersal groups. The…
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South AmericaPeru
Peru's endemic biota is best represented with separate taxonomic datasets rather than one synthetic all-taxa total. Plant records, national bird and mammal checklists, and assessed vertebrate datasets differ…
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