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What is the term for a species found nowhere else on Earth?

  • Endemic
  • Indigenous
  • Native only

The answer is Endemic. Like the kakapo to New Zealand.

Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a singular defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be endemic to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can also be referred to as an endemism or, in scientific literature, as an endemite.

Wikipedia · Endemism