A species described as endemic to a region is one that

has recently been brought there from another countryCorrect answerYour answerhas become extinct thereCorrect answerYour answeris found naturally only in that regionCorrect answerYour answerspreads disease in that regionCorrect answerYour answer

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Endemic species occur naturally nowhere else, like the lion-tailed macaque of the Western Ghats.

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A species brought in from elsewhere is exotic or alien, the opposite of endemic.

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A species described as endemic to a region is one that

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