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Endemism describes geographic range, not population size or rarity: an endemic species can be locally common within its restricted range, but by definition it exists only there, which makes it especially vulnerable if that specific area is affected by habitat loss, since there is no other population elsewhere to sustain the species.",[15,24,25,26,31],{},"Endemism is usually expressed at a particular geographic scale — a species can be described as endemic to a country, a region, or a specific island group, and the same species is sometimes endemic at one scale (a single country) while more widespread within a larger area (a whole continent). The ",[27,28,30],"a",{"href":29},"\u002Fen\u002Fatlas","regional atlas pages"," covering countries such as Australia and Kenya highlight species endemic to those areas specifically, distinct from species that simply occur there among a much wider range elsewhere.",[10,33,35],{"id":34},"why-isolation-produces-endemic-species","Why isolation produces endemic species",[15,37,38],{},"High rates of endemism are strongly associated with geographic isolation. Islands, isolated mountain ranges, and long-separated continents limit the movement of species in and out, giving local populations time to evolve independently — sometimes into new species entirely distinct from their nearest relatives elsewhere. Australia's long isolation from other landmasses is a well-known driver of its distinctively high bird endemism, and similar patterns appear on island groups worldwide, from Madagascar to Hawaii, where a large share of native bird species occur nowhere else.",[15,40,41],{},"Because an endemic species has, by definition, no other population to fall back on, endemism is one of the strongest predictors used in setting global conservation priorities — a species found in only one small area faces total extinction from a single localized threat in a way a widespread species does not.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[46,47],{"id":12,"depth":44,"text":13},{"id":34,"depth":44,"text":35},"\u002Fimages\u002Fslovar\u002Fendemik.png","An endemic species occurs naturally in one specific geographic area and nowhere else in the world, making it a priority for conservation attention.","md",[52,55],{"q":53,"a":54},"Does endemic just mean 'rare'?","No — endemic describes geographic range, not abundance. An endemic species can be locally abundant within its restricted range; what makes it endemic is that this range, however large or small, is found nowhere else on Earth. 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