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a species native and confined to a certain region; having comparatively restricted distribution.
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a species whose natural occurrence is confined to a certain region and whose distribution is relatively limited.
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/glossary/E.htm

restricted to a particular geographic region and thought to have originated there.
http://www.julianrocks.net/theory/glossary.htm

Species native to and restricted to specific geographic areas.
http://www.oceansatlas.org/unatlas/uses/uneptextsph/infoph/gsglossary.html

A species that is native to a particular geographic region.
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A species only found in one particular location, and nowhere else
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~mammals/Mammalogy_2005_glossary.htm

species which are believed only to exist in a specific area.
http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/reports/publications/rt_biostrat/cbs28.htm

In biology and ecology, endemic means exclusively native to the biota of a specific place. A species that is endemic is unique to its own place or region: found only there, and not found naturally anywhere else. ...
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