Mary Allen
An endemic dabba ne ko shuka da ke rayuwa kawai a wani yanki na musamman. Sai wani ya ce: "Wannan dabba ko shukar nan tana da yawa a wannan yanki". Irin wannan yanki na iya zama ƙanana sosai, alal misali, tsibiri ko kwarin ruwa. Akwai kuma dabbobi ko tsire-tsire da suke da yawa a duk nahiya, misali, birai na New World a Kudancin Amurka.
Akwai da yawa sanannun endemics a duniya. Shahararren misali shine kunkuru Galapagos, waɗanda kawai ake samun su a tsibirin Galapagos. Suna cikin manyan kunkuru. Mutane da yawa kuma sun san tsuntsayen kiwi a New Zealand. Tsuntsaye masu sutura ba su da sanannun sanannun. Suna cikin dangin Finch kuma suna zaune ne kawai a Hawaii. Pandas kuwa, yana rayuwa ne kawai a cikin daji a wani karamin yanki na kasar Sin.
Har ila yau, muna da cututtuka, misali, Baden giant earthworm daga kudancin Black Forest, wanda ya girma zuwa fiye da talatin santimita. Bavarian spoonwort yana tsiro ne kawai a Bavaria. A cikin wasu gandun daji na pine na Austrian, har yanzu kuna iya samun kwandon ado na anemone, fure mai kyan gani. Gentian mai arziki mai arziki wani nau'in jinsi ne na musamman wanda kawai furanni a cikin Alps na Swiss.
An yi barazanar karewa tare da lalata fiye da sauran dabbobi da tsirrai. Sau da yawa ana yi musu barazana saboda an rasa mazauninsu. Ƙananan wannan shine, mafi girman haɗari.