UMary Allen
I-endmic sisilwanyana okanye isityalo esihlala kwindawo ethile kuphela. Omnye uthi: "Esi silwanyana okanye esi sityalo sihlala sikhona kule ndawo". Indawo enjalo ingaba yincinci kakhulu, umzekelo, isiqithi okanye i-canyon. Kukho nezilwanyana okanye izityalo ezihlala kwilizwekazi lonke, umzekelo, iinkawu zeHlabathi elitsha eMzantsi Melika.
Zininzi ii-endmics ezaziwayo emhlabeni. Umzekelo odumileyo ziimfudo zeGalapagos, ezifumaneka kuphela kwiZiqithi zeGalapagos. Ngamafudo amakhulu. Abantu abaninzi bayazazi iintaka ze-kiwi eNew Zealand. Iintaka zokunxiba azaziwa kakhulu. Bangabentsapho ye-finch kwaye bahlala kuphela eHawaii. IiPanda, kwelinye icala, zihlala kuphela endle kwindawo encinci yaseTshayina.
Sikwanazo nee-endmics, umzekelo, i-Baden giant earthworm esuka kumazantsi eHlathi eliMnyama, ekhula ibe ngaphezu kweesentimitha ezingamashumi amathathu ubude. I-spoonwort yaseBavaria ikhula kuphela eBavaria. Kwamanye amahlathi e-Austrian pine, usenokufumana ibhaskithi yohombiso ye-anemone, intyatyambo entle kakhulu. I-gentian ene-branched rich-branched gentian luhlobo olukhethekileyo lwe-gentian oluneentyatyambo kuphela kwiiAlps zaseSwitzerland.
Izifo ezihlala zikho zisengozini yokuphela kunezinye izilwanyana nezityalo. Amaxesha amaninzi baba sesichengeni ngenxa yokuba indawo abahlala kuyo ilahlekile. Okukhona kuncinci oku, kokukhona ingozi inkulu.